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Nov-16-2020, 08:51 AM

(Nov-16-2020, 01:39 AM)Nickd12 Wrote: is it possible to open the text file and just read what the api_key equals with out reading the whole line?

How would you know where to start reading and what chunk size to read?

If you can alter the file format - remove the quotes and use configparser module.

Or do as @ndc85430 suggest - use more suitable format.

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getting information from a text file - by Nickd12 - Nov-16-2020, 01:39 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by ndc85430 - Nov-16-2020, 06:33 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by Larz60+ - Nov-16-2020, 08:28 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by buran - Nov-16-2020, 08:51 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by Nickd12 - Nov-16-2020, 10:11 PM

RE: getting information from a text file - by bowlofred - Nov-16-2020, 11:32 PM

RE: getting information from a text file - by Larz60+ - Nov-17-2020, 12:27 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by Nickd12 - Nov-17-2020, 01:05 AM

RE: getting information from a text file - by bowlofred - Nov-17-2020, 01:29 AM

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