Python Day 5

Parsing and Extracting:

data = "From stephon.marquard@uct.ac.za Sat Jan  5 09:14:16 2008"
atpos = data.find('@')
sppos = data.find(' ', atpos)
host = data[atpos+1 : sppos]

Using in as a Logical Operator:

fruit = 'banana'
'n' in fruit >>> True
'm' in fruit >>> False
'nan' in fruit >>> True

File Handle as a Sequence:

A file handle open for read can be treated as a sequence of STRINGS where each LINE in the file is a STRING in the sequence.

xfile = open('mbox.txt')
for cheese in xfile:
    print(cheese)

Reading the Whole File: 

Read the whole file ( newlines and all ) into a single string.

fhand = open('mbox.txt')
inp = fhand.read()