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I am working on some python code that will evaluate each line of a file, and if that line is a number, it should return false and ignore that line. This code comes from https://github.com/geoff604/sbv2txt/blob/master/README.md and I am working to modify it.

However, no matter which line gets passed to the IsNumeric() function, it still evaluates as False. I hardcoded the same number as a string "2" and it evaluated this correctly as True.

Is there something I am missing when evaluating lines of text?

import sys

def isCaptionText(lineIndex):
    if lineIndex.isnumeric():
        print('True')
        return False
    else:
        return lineIndex

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    print('Arguments: [source sbv filename] [destination txt filename]')
    sys.exit()

with open(sys.argv[1]) as f1:
    with open(sys.argv[2], 'a') as f2:
        lines = f1.readlines()
        for index, line in enumerate(lines):
            if isCaptionText(line):
                f2.write(line)

print('Output complete. File written as ' + sys.argv[2])

The file I am analyzing is text I will list in shortened form below.

2
00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,861
St. Louis' home for arts,
education and culture.

3
00:00:08,861 --> 00:00:11,444
(upbeat music)

4
00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:13,610
- [Woman] But we're in a global pandemic.

5
00:00:13,610 --> 00:00:16,000
We're also in a global blood shortage.

6
00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,230
- [Man] The more I dug,
the more it took me back
user3324136
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So, whenever you have a new line, python sees the text along with a new line. For example: if the line is 1, the f1.readlines() sees that as 1\n, hence the isNumeric will return false. The trick here is to use strip

for index, line in enumerate(Lines):
if isCaptionText(line.strip()):
   print(line)
PraJaL
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  • Because everyline in file have a newline symbol which depends on the OS you use, such as the first line 2, it is actually 2\n in Windows.
  • You can use replace or strip to get ride of newline symbol if you want to run your code on specific OS.

example fixed code on Windows:

with open("input.txt") as f1:
    lines = f1.readlines()
    for index, line in enumerate(lines):
        print(line.replace("\n","").isnumeric())

input.txt

2
00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,861
St. Louis' home for arts,
education and culture.

3
00:00:08,861 --> 00:00:11,444
(upbeat music)

4
00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:13,610
- [Woman] But we're in a global pandemic.

5
00:00:13,610 --> 00:00:16,000
We're also in a global blood shortage.

6
00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,230
- [Man] The more I dug,
the more it took me back

result:

True
False
False
False
False
True
False
False
False
True
False
False
False
True
False
False
False
True
False
False
False
leaf_yakitori
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using try and except block

try:
    int(lineIndex)
    print('True')
    return True
except ValueError:
    return False

or using type()

if type(lineIndex) == int:
    print('True')
    return False
else:
    return lineIndex

if you have decimals check for float