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Re: new to python, help please !!

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Subject Re: new to python, help please !!
Date Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:21:14 +0200
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>:

> On Thursday 12 November 2015 04:48, Quivis wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:34:30 -0800, Anas Belemlih wrote:
>> 
>>> md5
>> 
>> If those are md5 values stored inside files, wouldn't it be easier to
>> just hash them?
>> 
>> import hashlib
>> 
>> m1 = hashlib.sha224(open('f1').read()).hexdigest()
>> m2 = hashlib.sha224(open('f2').read()).hexdigest()
>
> I presume that the purpose of the exercise is to learn basic Python
> skills like looping.

And if you really wanted to compare two files that are known to contain
MD5 checksums, the simplest way is:

   with open('f1.md5') as f1, open('f2.md5') as f2:
       if f1.read() == f2.read():
           ...
       else:
           ...


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new to python, help please !! Anas Belemlih <anas.belemlih@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 08:34 -0800
  Re: new to python, help please !! John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-11-11 16:58 +0000
  Re: new to python, help please !! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-11-11 11:06 -0600
  Re: new to python, help please !! Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-12 04:16 +1100
  Re: new to python, help please !! Quivis <quivis@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-11 17:48 +0000
    Re: new to python, help please !! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-12 13:58 +1100
      Re: new to python, help please !! Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-12 08:21 +0200
        Re: new to python, help please !! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-11-12 05:48 -0600
        Re: new to python, help please !! <paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 07:27 -0700
      Re: new to python, help please !! Quivis <quivis@domain.invalid> - 2015-11-12 17:55 +0000
        Re: new to python, help please !! Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 19:49 +0000
  Re: new to python, help please !! Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-12 15:56 +0100
  Re: new to python, help please !! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-11-12 09:00 -0600
  Re: new to python, help please !! Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-12 16:41 +0100
  Re: new to python, help please !! Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 21:24 +0000

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