Package ML :: Module files :: Class ReFile

Class ReFile

convenience class for dealing with files with comments

blank (all whitespace) lines, and lines beginning with comment
  characters are skipped.

anything following a comment character on a line is stripped off

Instance Methods

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readline(self)
read the next line and return it.

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readlines(self)
return a list of all the lines left in the file...

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rewind(self)
rewinds the file (seeks to the beginning)...

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__init__(self, fileName, mode='r', comment='#', trailer='\\n') source code

Method Details

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readline(self)

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read the next line and return it.

return '' on EOF

readlines(self)

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return a list of all the lines left in the file

return [] if there are none

rewind(self)

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rewinds the file (seeks to the beginning)