Re: linecache and comparison with input

[ Ross Hetherington <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ]
#!/usr/bin/env python

import random
import sys
import linecache

rnd = random.randint(1,3)
line = linecache.getline('testfile', rnd)

print line
Try print repr(line) ...

gss = raw_input('Enter line: ',)
and print repr(gss) ;)

if gss == line:
print 'yes'
sys.exit()
else:
print 'no'


Then you will see, that getline returns the line *including the newline
character*, while raw_input does not. Use line.strip('\n') to remove
trailing newline characters from the return value of getline.

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