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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex index 3992e43..2431251 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex @@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ such mixing can cause this method to raise \exception{UnicodeError}. Free the memory buffer. \end{methoddesc} +Example usage: + +\begin{verbatim} +import StringIO + +output = StringIO.StringIO() +output.write('First line.\n') +print >>output, 'Second line.' + +# Retrieve file contents -- this will be +# 'First line.\nSecond line.\n' +contents = output.getvalue() + +# Close object and discard memory buffer -- +# .getvalue() will now raise an exception. +output.close() +\end{verbatim} + \section{\module{cStringIO} --- Faster version of \module{StringIO}} @@ -82,3 +100,22 @@ The following data objects are provided as well: There is a C API to the module as well; refer to the module source for more information. + +Example usage: + +\begin{verbatim} +import cStringIO + +output = cStringIO.StringIO() +output.write('First line.\n') +print >>output, 'Second line.' + +# Retrieve file contents -- this will be +# 'First line.\nSecond line.\n' +contents = output.getvalue() + +# Close object and discard memory buffer -- +# .getvalue() will now raise an exception. +output.close() +\end{verbatim} + |