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[Gerrit Holl]

<quote name="Alexander Williams" date="951467193">
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:49:15 +0100, Milos Prudek <prudek at nembv.cz> wrote:
> >>     A = H.readlines()
> >
> >Yeah, but I need to remove empty lines as well...
> 
> Try:
> 
>    >>> A = filter(None, H.readlines())
> 
> filter() with None as the function to use as the test for elements
> removes any that test as False intrinsically; since the empty line is
> always False, it returns a list with only strings with length.  Bingo.

A line with only a newline is true, so I think Milos meant:

A = filter(string.strip, H.readlines())

regards,
Gerrit.

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