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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 15

Jumping to a specific line python

I am using the following code to read a text file and create an array list out of the text found in the file. But currently I am reading the whole file. How can I read for example from line no. 16 onwards in this case?

            array = []
            with open(path, 'r') as f:
                for line in f.readlines():
                    for action in all_actions:
                        if action in line:
                            array.append(action)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 138

Answers (2)

Leo Arad
Leo Arad

Reputation: 4472

You can use

array = []
exit_line = 16
start_line = 10
with open(path, 'r') as f:
    for index, line in enumerate(f.readlines()[start_line:]):
        for action in all_actions:
            if action in line:
                array.append(action)
        if index == exit_line - 1:
            break

and then to make an if condition to exit/ break at line 16 that is the index +1 .

Upvotes: 1

Thaer A
Thaer A

Reputation: 2323

Try (explanation in code comments):

array = []
with open('path', 'r') as f:
    # x here is a loop (lines) counter provided by the enumerate function
    for x, line in enumerate(f.readlines()):
        for action in all_actions:
            if action in line:
                array.append(action)
        # if the counter reaches 16 BREAK out of the loop
        if x == 16:
            print ("Line 16 exiting loop")
            break

Upvotes: 1

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