newb question on python input from file

[brushman]

I have a file consisting of thousands of lines, where time and x represent real numbers (not integers) that looks like what follows (there are some spaces in front of each line):



time1
x1
time2
x2
time3
x3
.
.
time4000
x4000


In python I need to read these numbers in and graph x vs time using matplotlib. Does anyone have advice on the best way to read in these numbers? Thanks.

[JDShu]

Why not the standard way?



F = open("yourfile.txt","r")
Every time you call F.next(), you get the next line. In fact you can use it like any other iterator in Python.

Edit: The documentation should help you specifically http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#file-objects