xreadlines

Description

Returns an iterator over the lines of the file.

Syntax

file. xreadlines()

Remarks

This method returns the same thing as iter(file). Usage of this function is deprecated since Python 2.3. File objects are iterators by default now.

Use for line in file instead.

Return Value

file

Time Complexity

#TODO

Example

>>> # test.txt contents:
>>> #ABC AB A
>>> #ABC AB
>>> #ABC
>>> f = open(r'C:\test.txt')
>>> fx = f.xreadlines()
>>> fx.next()
'ABC AB A\n'
>>> fx.next()
'ABC AB\n'
>>> fx.next()
'ABC\n'
>>> fx.next()
StopIteration

See Also

#TODO