How to skip a empty line in text file using python

Question

I have a text file as below.

  l[0]l[1]l[2]l[3]l[4]l[5]l[6]
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1| abc is a book and cba too
2| xyz is a pencil and zyx too
3| de         


        

Answer 1

You can count the size of words:

with open("example.txt", 'r') as example_file:
    for line in example_file:
        words = line.strip().split()
        if len(words) > 3:  # line has more than three words
            if words[3] in ['book', 'pencil']:
                print("4th word is 'book' or 'pencil'")
            elif words[3] == 'pen':
                print("4th word is 'pen'")

The output:

4th word is 'book' or 'pencil'
4th word is 'book' or 'pencil'
4th word is 'pen'