reading a line in file

[Tim Williams]

On 20/08/07, Brian McCann <Brian.McCann at viziant.net> wrote:
>
> Shawn, Tim ,Jay
>
> many thanks,
>
> It looks like there are many ways this problem can be approached
>
> either by using  regex or a tokens
>
> Tim I'm not familiar with your solution, but will learn about that method
> also

Hi Brian,

> buildNum =  open('input.txt').read().split('build.number=')[1].split()[0]

Try this on its own:

print open('input.txt').read().split('build.number=')

See what is at the very beginning of the 2nd list item :)

My example just splits the whole file at "build.number=", so you know
the data you require is at the beginning of the 2nd list item returned
from the slice [ie: a_list[1].  You also know that data is followed by
a newline, so it will be the first item in the returned list [ie:
b_list[0] when you split a_list[1].

No need to iterate each line individually looking for a match and then
process the matching line to get at the data.  You can just go
straight to the data you require.

If your requirement is for multiple items from a single file then
another method would be required.

:)