student question

[John]

q_file = open(questions_location) #opens the document successfully print line

# prints document successfully print line # prints nothing

....why does it print nothing?

 

[Corey Richardson]

print line

# prints document successfully
print line # prints nothing

...why does it print nothing?

IIRC, iterating through the lines in a file moves the cursor (is that
the correct term?) to the end of the file. After the first one, use
q_file.seek(0) to go back to the start. I think.

~Corey Richardson

 

[John]

IIRC, iterating through the lines in a file moves the cursor (is that
the correct term?) to the end of the file. After the first one, use
q_file.seek(0) to go back to the start. I think.

~Corey Richardson

fantastic. thanks, corey!

 

[Peter Pearson]

print line

# prints document successfully
print line # prints nothing

...why does it print nothing?

open(filename) returns an iterator, not a list. Once you
have exhausted the iterator, it stays exhausted.