owlwang · July 24, 2018 23:07
diff --git a/read_n_lines.py b/read_n_lines.py
 from itertools import islice


 def next_n_lines(file_opened, N):
    return [x.strip() for x in islice(file_opened, N)]

  
 with open("samplefile", 'r') as f:
    x = ""
    while x != []:
      x = next_n_lines(f, 5)  # returns a list
      pass  # do something to x
	from itertools import islice


	def next_n_lines(file_opened, N):
	return [x.strip() for x in islice(file_opened, N)]


	with open("samplefile", 'r') as f:
	x = ""
	while x != []:
	x = next_n_lines(f, 5) # returns a list
	pass # do something to x