I have the following code which prints out a certain string I want from a file, however this script includes the line containing the strings used to call the line in the output. output I want the script to only print the middle line (not include the lines with"dipole moment" or "quadrupole".
f = open('dipole.txt','r')
always_print = False
with f as fp:
lines = fp.readlines()
for line in lines:
if always_print or "Dipole moment" in line:
print(line)
always_print = True
if 'Quadrupole' in line:
always_print = False
This should work:
f = open('dipole.txt','r')
always_print = False
with f as fp:
lines = fp.readlines()
for line in lines:
if "Dipole moment" in line:
always_print = True
elif 'Quadrupole' in line:
always_print = False
elif always_print:
print(line)