Reading long lines doesn't work in Python

[Scott Simpson]

I have a loop

for line in f:
...

and if the line is over about 10,000 characters it lops it off. How do I
get around this?

[jay graves]

Re: Reading long lines doesn't work in Python

Scott Simpson wrote:

I have a loop
>
for line in f:
...
>
and if the line is over about 10,000 characters it lops it off. How do I
get around this?

Hmmm. Works for me on Windows.

Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
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>>f = file('longline. txt','w')
>>f.write("x"*1 1000 + '\n')
>>f.write("x"*1 1000 + '\n')
>>f.write("x"*1 1000 + '\n')
>>f.close()
>>f = file('longline. txt','r')
>>for l in f:

.... print len(l)
....
11001
11001
11001

>>f.close()

Could the file have embedded nulls? Are you on Windows? If the file
is small enough, open it in binary mode and do a split on '\n to verify
your data.

....
jay

[Scott Simpson]

Re: Reading long lines doesn't work in Python

Sorry, found the bug somewhere else. You're right. Python is working OK.