How to check for EOF in Python?

Question

How do I check for EOF in Python? I found a bug in my code where the last block of text after the separator isn\'t added to the return list. Or maybe there\'s a better way of ex

Answer 1

This is the standard problem with emitting buffers.

You don't detect EOF -- that's needless. You write the last buffer.

def get_text_blocks(filename):
    text_blocks = []
    text_block = StringIO.StringIO()
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            text_block.write(line)
            print line
            if line.startswith('-- -'):
                text_blocks.append(text_block.getvalue())
                text_block.close()
                text_block = StringIO.StringIO()
         ### At this moment, you are at EOF
         if len(text_block) > 0:
             text_blocks.append( text_block.getvalue() )
         ### Now your final block (if any) is appended.
    return text_blocks