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| Date | 2014-10-13 14:45 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: How to select every other line from a text file? |
| From | Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.14830.1413225956.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:11 PM, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote: > On 10/13/2014 11:02 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> Why bother to initialise a counter when you can get the enumerate >> function to do all the work for you? > > > I see it as a question of addressing the audience. > > Emile I don't agree with the idea of using a counter. Its not pythonic, and I'm assuming the OP is just starting to learn python. Not apropos to the OP, but what came up in my mind was to write a generator function that returns every other line. This would separate the reading from the writing code. > > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com
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How to select every other line from a text file? Rff <rwang@avnera.com> - 2014-10-13 10:38 -0700
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 04:46 +1100
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-13 19:04 +0000
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-10-13 17:48 +0000
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-13 19:02 +0100
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-10-13 11:11 -0700
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 14:45 -0400
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-10-13 14:12 -0500
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-10-13 13:01 -0700
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2014-10-13 10:50 -0700
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-10-13 12:55 -0500
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 23:54 +0000
Re: How to select every other line from a text file? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 17:34 -0700
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