readlines()

[techyvibe]

i seem to have a problem with readlines()as below

i have

global f

f=open("hello.t xt", "r")

f1 = open("C:\\log1. txt",'w')
f2 = open("C:\\log2. txt",'w')

def new1():
for line in f.readlines():
if line.find('new' )>= 0:
f1.write("%s" %line)


def new2():
for line in f.readlines():
if line.find('abc' )>= 0:
f2.write("%s" %line)

new1()
new2()



i don't seem to get an output for new2 ,i mean it doesn't go through the for loop


Am i doing anything wrong ??

[diegososa]

At first: Post code between [code ] [ /code] tags ...

Second: the "f" file object has like a "pointer" pointing where it's reading... after a "for" loop, that pointer keeps on EOF until you reload the file (re create the object) or until you do f.seek(0).
That's why function 1 works and function 2 doesn't...

[bvdet]

Very good diegososa. Instead if this:[code=Python]if line.find('abc' )>=0:[/code]
try this:[code=Python]if 'abc' in line:[/code]

[techyvibe]

Thanks a lot for replying ...i appreciate it :)