newbie: another problem with file reading

[Flavian Hardcastle]

In this instance, _before_ = 8221 , _after_ = 8305.

What this function should do, is read only up to position 8221 in _chat_, 
print a .gif, then read the rest of the _chat_ file. Why isn't it doing 
that? 


def get_posts(num, before):
    index = map(string.rstrip, open(chat_index).readlines())
    after = int(str(index[-1])) 
    g = int(str(index[-(num+1)])) #for some reason, need to add +1
                                  #maybe cuz of the way chat_log and      
	    	    	    	    	    #chat_index are set up
    print int(before)
    chat = open(chat_log, 'r')
    chat.seek(g) #seek to where the post the user wants is

    print chat.read(before) #should mean read up to previous position
    print "<img src = pointer.gif></br>"
    print chat.read() #read rest of file.
    print after
 


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