[Tutor] searching in files

[Kent Johnson]

You can iterate over lines in a file without reading in the whole file at 
once, using
   for line in aFile:

 >>> f=open('index.html')
 >>> for line in f:
...   if '<h3>' in line:
...     print line
...
       <h3><i>Python Rocks!</i></h3>

       <h3>Blogging</h3>

       <h3>About me</h3>

Kent

At 07:46 AM 8/11/2004 -0700, Ali Polatel wrote:
>Yes I know the method readlines but the file is enorm large and it can 
>make the computer slow if I make the programme read all of it into a 
>sentence...
>Any other advices?
>Regards
>
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