[Tutor] Text processing basic Q

[Bob Gailer]

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>[snip] a script to
>
> > 1. load the file
> > 2. start at the beginning of the file
> > 3. if line start with * then delete
> > 4. move to the next line in the file
> > 5. save the file
>
>file_name = ...
>
>input_file = file(file_name)
>filtered_lines = [l for l in input_file if not l.startswith('*')] ### 
>SHOULD BE input_file.readlines()
>input_file.close()
>
>output_file = file(file_name, 'w')
>for l in filtered_lines :### COULD BE output_file.writelines(filtered_lines)
>      output_file.write(l)
>output_file.close()

Bob Gailer
bgailer@alum.rpi.edu
303 442 2625

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