On 2000-10-06 16:13:41, Alan Gauld wrote: > line = fp.readline() > while line: > # do something wiyth line > line = fp.readline() Which is a well-known construct. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind email: allanwind at mediaone.net P.O. Box 2022 finger: awind at digit-safe.dyndns.org (GPG/PGP) Woburn, MA 01888-0022 icq: 44214251 USA