bradfordh at gmail.com wrote: > so this: > a, b, c, d, e =f.readlines() > > ..this will put the first line in a, second in b, etc? How do I > accomplish this when I'm not sure how many lines there are going to be > every time? Thanks. > With a list: http://python.org/doc/2.4.2/tut/node5.html#SECTION005140000000000000000 -Kirk McDonald