macOS Python: readlines issue

[lynkynpark86]

I'm using readlines, and if I do

print 'Loading %s...' % (stringFromReadlines)

It prints this:
Loading TheTextLoadedFromFile
...

Notice the ... is on a new line. Why is this happening? It's like the string contains a line break.

 

[subsonix]

Why is this happening? It's like the string contains a line break.

That is probably the case then, a line is ended with a newline symbol. At least the readline() includes the newline.

 

[lynkynpark86]

That is probably the case then, a line is ended with a newline symbol. At least the readline() includes the newline.

So how do I avoid this? I need to have multiple lines in my file, and this only happens on the first line. How could I fix this?

 

[subsonix]

So how do I avoid this? I need to have multiple lines in my file, and this only happens on the first line. How could I fix this?

I don't know, strip the new line manually? Perhaps there is a more sensible way of solving it with Python, look at the docs.

 

[lynkynpark86]

I don't know, strip the new line manually? Perhaps there is a more sensible way of solving it with Python, look at the docs.

Figured it out! Not sure how clean it will be, but

theString = theString.replace('\n','')

seems to work fine. Thanks for the help!