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def is_data(line): |
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""" Returns true if the line has data |
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and false otherwise (header, comments, etc)""" |
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if line.startswith('#'):
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# skip comments |
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return False |
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elif line.startswith('D'):
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# skip title row |
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return False |
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else: |
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return True |
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# script starts here... |
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source = open('data.txt', 'r')
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number = 0 |
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# count number of data records |
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for line in source: |
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if line.startswith('#'):
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# skip comments |
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pass |
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elif line.startswith('D'):
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# skip title row |
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pass |
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else: |
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if is_data(line) == True: |
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number = number + 1 |
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source.close() |
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