How to skip a empty line in text file using python

Question

I have a text file as below.

  l[0]l[1]l[2]l[3]l[4]l[5]l[6]
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1| abc is a book and cba too
2| xyz is a pencil and zyx too
3| de         


        

Answer 1

When using for l in fr python doesn't return an array but a string for each line, that you have to process in the loop. Using l.strip().split() will give you an array of strings, where a string would equal a word.

Then, is is meant to compare object type, like is this line a string ? or an int ?. So you cannot use it here. Use == to compare two objects of the same type.

Edit: some example code

import sys
fr = open("example.txt",'r')

for l in fr:
    word = l.strip().split()
    if word[3] == "book" or word[3] == "pencil":
        # Do something
    elif word[3] == "pen":
        # Do something

fr.close()