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python programming help read file?
so i have a .txt file and im doing opening and reading the file in python 3.
but what im stuck is how do i write the code to do a simple IF type statement to read that text?
explained:
i can read the file, i can read individual lines of the file, but lets say in the 2nd line of the file it just has the word 'Hello' or even 'H' on it.
how can i write a code that will say something like
if readline() == 'HELLO'
print('good job')
else:
print('try again')
im trying to not just read the file, which i can do, but write a code where it will be like..... if the second line in the .txt file says 'H' or 'HI'
then you print out whatever
if not you get a message say ing try again.
right now this is my code:
the first line is just the letter H
so how do i do the code that says if the letter on the first line is H in the TEXT FILE., it prints('good job')
print('read one line at a time')
text_file = open('read_it.txt', 'r')
answers = (text_file.readline())
if answers == H:
print('hey')
print(answers)
text_file.close()
1 Answer
- brilliant_movesLv 77 years ago
Try something like this:
print('reading file one line at a time')
text_file = open('read_it.txt', 'r')
answers = (text_file.readlines())
for line in answers:
.... line = line.strip().lower()
.... if line == 'hello':
.... .... print line+': '+'good job!'
.... elif line == 'hey':
.... .... print line+': '+'hey yourself'
.... else:
.... .... print line+': '+'try again.'
text_file.close()
