counting into a new line

[cyphrix]

Ok, so the code below uses the re module to find a word 'located'. After it finds the word, it counts up to 10 words after it and extracts all of the words as one string. The only problem I am encountering is that I can't get the script to recognize a new line break, go to the next line, and then continue counting up to 10. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it b/c its stumping me.

import re
_inputFileName = raw_input("Input File Name: ")
_outputFileName = raw_input("Output File Name: ")
_startingLine = '(located)'

_fin = open(_inputFileName, 'r')
_data = _fin.read()
_counter = 0

for _document in _data.split(_startingLine):
     _counter += 1
 
     locpat = 'located((?: \w+){1,10})'

     x = re.findall(locpat, _document)
     z = len(x)

     for line in x:
          print line
          f = open(_outputFileName, "w")
          f.write("Total locations is approximately ")
          f.write(`z`)
          f.write('\n\n\n')
          f.write(str(x).replace(",", "\n"))
          f.close()

print 'Total locations is approximately: ', z

raw_input("Press Enter To Close This Window.")

Again, any help is appreciated.

 

[EBGreen]

Compile your patterm to a re and use the multiline flag when you compile.

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