Question

def read_words(filename, ignore='#'):
""" Read a list of words ignoring any lines that start with the ignore character as well as any blank lines. """
return ['a', 'z']

How would I code this in Python?

Answer 1

#function for readwords

#input: filename adn ignore char

#returns a list of all lines

def read_words(filename,ignore='#'):

#open file in read mode

f = open(filename,'r')

#read all the lines from file

allLines = f.readlines()

#initialize an array to store our result

ListofLines = []

#iterate through each line

for line in allLines:

#if it is not an empty line and if it does'nt have # append to our list

if(line != '\n' and line.find('#') != 0):

ListofLines.append(line.rstrip('\n'))

return ListofLines

print(read_words('test.txt',ignore='#'))

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