skipping a line while reading a file with a for loop
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Solution 1
In Python 2.6 or above, use
next(file)
next(file)
to skip two items of the iterator file
, i.e. the next two lines.
Solution 2
file.next()
file.next()
i'd do this way...
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Lance Collins over 3 years
I am trying to figure out a way to skip the next two lines in a file if a condition in the first line is true. Any ideas on a good way to do this? Here's what I have so far...
def main(): file = open(r'C:\Users\test\Desktop\test2.txt', 'r+') ctr = 1 for current_line in file: assert ctr<3 if current_line[0:6] == str("001IU"): pass else: if ctr == 1 and current_line[9:11] == str("00"): do something... ctr += 1 elif ctr == 1 and current_line[9:11] != str("00"): pass #I want it to skip the next two lines in the loop elif ctr == 2: do something... ctr = 1 else: raise ValueError