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

Why do you need StringIO here?

def get_text_blocks(filename):
    text_blocks = [""]
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            if line.startswith('-- -'):
                text_blocks.append(line)
            else: text_blocks[-1] += line          
    return text_blocks

EDIT: Fixed the function, other suggestions might be better, just wanted to write a function similar to the original one.

EDIT: Assumed the file starts with "-- -", by adding empty string to the list you can "fix" the IndexError or you could use this one:

def get_text_blocks(filename):
    text_blocks = []
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            if line.startswith('-- -'):
                text_blocks.append(line)
            else:
                if len(text_blocks) != 0:
                    text_blocks[-1] += line          
    return text_blocks

But both versions look a bit ugly to me, the reg-ex version is much more cleaner.