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Deepak Nayak
Deepak Nayak

Reputation: 51

Why the following python code always returning false?

Input file Test.ini:

;INTEGRITY_PERIOD=300  
INTEGRITY_PERIOD=100

Code:

key = None
value = None

with open('hmi.ini', 'r') as inifile:
    for line in inifile:
        if line.startswith(';INTEGRITY_PERIOD='):
            continue;
        if line.startswith('INTEGRITY_PERIOD='):
            key, value = line.split("=")
            break

if value and value.isdigit():
    print(value)
else:
    print(300)

The above code is always returning 300. Looks like isdigit() is not working or is there anything wrong in my code ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 66

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121276

Your lines end in a line separator, which you did not remove. Strip the line to remove whitespace from the start and end:

key, value = line.strip().split("=")

A line separator (\n) is not a digit:

>>> '100\n'.isdigit()
False
>>> '100'.isdigit()
True

Rather than build your own parser, consider using the configparser module from the standard library. It fully supports the INI format (including using ; as a comment).

Upvotes: 5

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