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Question #236949 on Sikuli changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/236949

    Status: Open => Answered

RaiMan proposed the following answer:
--- first
this is my optimized solution with some comments

import os

# finds and returns the name in a file
def getName(file):
    f = open(file)
    name = ""
    for line in f.readlines():
        # if line does not contain the token read next one
        if line.count("Student Name") == 0: continue
        # we split the line at the hyphen
        # the trailing part goes to name
        (head, name) = line.split("-")
        # we strip the leading/trailing whitespace
        name = name.strip()
        # found, so we can leave
        break
    f.close()
    return name

# compares the names in 2 files, prints a log
# and returns the equal name or None if not equal
def compareNames(file1, file2):
    name1 = getName(file1)
    name2 = getName(file2)
    if name1 == name2:
       print "we have a match:", name1, "in:", file1, "and:", file2
       return name1
    else:
       print "different names:", name1, name2, "in:", file1, "and:", file2
       return None

# the basedir for the files
dir = "/Users/rhocke/Desktop/Sikuli/koventan"
# creates the file names
file1 = os.path.join(dir, "file1.txt")
file2 = os.path.join(dir, "file2.txt")
file3 = os.path.join(dir, "file3.txt")

result = compareNames(file1, file2)
print "returns:", result
# one could now decide how to proceed
if not result:
    print "proceed on no match"
else:
    print "proceed on match"
    
result = compareNames(file1, file3)
print "returns:", result
# one could now decide how to proceed
if not result:
    print "proceed on no match"
else:
    print "proceed on match"

and produces:

different names: Kumar Siva in: /Users/rhocke/Desktop/Sikuli/koventan/file1.txt and: /Users/rhocke/Desktop/Sikuli/koventan/file2.txt
returns: None
proceed on no match
we have a match: Kumar in: /Users/rhocke/Desktop/Sikuli/koventan/file1.txt and: /Users/rhocke/Desktop/Sikuli/koventan/file3.txt
returns: Kumar
proceed on match

file3 has same content as file1

--- second on comment #10
after
line1 = open (my_dir+"file1.txt").readlines()
line1 is a list (array) of the contained lines including line breaks.

... but re.search() needs a string (means one line in this case)

You might integrate the usage of RegEx's into my solution (looks more
professional ;-)

My solution has the advantage, that the key functions are packed in
def()s, so you can concentrate on the workflow.

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