diff -r b67d5e07cab5 -r 3ed6ef2ea91f getting-started-files/script.rst --- a/getting-started-files/script.rst Thu Oct 07 15:11:00 2010 +0530 +++ b/getting-started-files/script.rst Thu Oct 07 15:11:38 2010 +0530 @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ f The file object shows, the file which is open and the mode (read -or write) in which it is open. +or write) in which it is open. Notice that it is open in read only +mode, here. We shall first learn to read the whole file into a single variable. Later, we shall look at reading it line-by-line. We use @@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ pend -Following is an (are) exercise(s) that you must do. +Following is an exercise that you must do. %%1%% Split the variable into a list, ``pend_list``, of the lines in the file. Hint, use the tab command to see what methods the string @@ -151,8 +152,10 @@ statement. This will save us the trouble of closing the file, each time we open it. -for line in open('/home/fossee/pendulum.txt'): -line_list.append(line) +:: + + for line in open('/home/fossee/pendulum.txt'): + line_list.append(line) Let us see what ``line_list`` contains. ::