Skip line in python

Question

I have a text file that is laid out like this:

Text Text
Text Text Text Text Text
Text Num Num Num Num
Text Num Num Num Num
Text Num Num Num Num

My code is:

def readData():
    myList =[]
    myFile = open("football.txt", "r")
    for lines in myFile:
        league = lines.split()
        myList.append(league)
    return myList

How can I skip the first two row so I can store everything else into my list?

I would probably use numpy.genfromtxt (docs) with skip_header=2 — Bart
– Bart, Commented Dec 5, 2015 at 11:44
probably the shortest solution with your existing code will be myList = myList[2:] — Ahasanul Haque
– Ahasanul Haque, Commented Dec 5, 2015 at 11:48

Sede · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-05 12:01:38Z

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You can use next()

def readData():
    with open("football.txt", "r") as MyFile:
        for i in range(2):
            next(myFile) # skip line
        myList = [lines.split() for lines in myFile]
    return myList

edited Dec 5, 2015 at 12:01

answered Dec 5, 2015 at 11:45

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Remi Guan Over a year ago

Another note that we also can use f.readline() or f.seek() to skip lines. Maybe clearer than next()...however this is also a works solution, so just a note.

Sede · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-05 12:32:00Z

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You can also use the readlines() for this purpose

myFile = open("football.txt", "r")
lines = myFile.readlines()[2:] #To skip two lines.
#rest of the code

You could also specify the number of lines you want to skip.

edited Dec 5, 2015 at 12:32

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answered Dec 5, 2015 at 11:49

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Kalyssa J. · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02 00:46:09Z

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To skip lines in Python 3...

print('\n')

answered Nov 2, 2017 at 0:46

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