Python readline() from a string?

Question

In python, is there a built-in way to do a readline() on string? I have a large chunk of data and want to strip off just the first couple lines w/o doing split() on the who

Answer 1

in Python string have method splitlines

msg = "Bob Smith\nJane Doe\nJane,\nPlease order more widgets\nThanks,\nBob\n"
msg_splitlines = msg.splitlines()
headerTo = msg_splitlines[0]
headerFrom= msg_splitlines[1]
sendMessage(headerTo,headerFrom,msg)