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read_n_lines.py
from itertools import islice
def next_n_lines(file_opened, N):
return [x.strip() for x in islice(file_opened, N)]
with open("samplefile", 'r') as f:
x = ""
while x != []:
x = next_n_lines(f, 5) # returns a list
pass # do something to x
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