Python equivalent of Perl's $/

[John K Masters]

On 19:19 Mon 20 Aug     , attn.steven.kuo at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> import StringIO
> 
> text = """\
> To mimic Perl's input record separator in
> Python, you can use a generator.
> And a substring test.
> Perhaps something like the following
> is what you wanted.
> """
> 
> mockfile = StringIO.StringIO(text)
> 
> def genrecords(mockfile, sep=".\n"):
>     buffer = ""
>     while True:
>         while sep in buffer:
>             idx = buffer.find(sep) + len(sep)
>             yield buffer[:idx]
>             buffer = buffer[idx:]
>         rl = mockfile.readline()
>         if rl == "":
>             break
>         else:
>             buffer = '%s%s' % (buffer, rl)
>     yield buffer
>     raise StopIteration
> 
> for record in genrecords(mockfile):
>     print "READ:", record
> 
> 
> --
> Hope this helps,
> Steven
Thanks, this also looks like a good way to go but ATM beyond my level of
Python knowledge. I've not reached the generator chapter yet but I'll
flag the message and return later.

Regards, John
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