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Read file from line 2 or skip header row

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00:19 Accepted answer (Score 569)
00:30 Answer 2 (Score 108)
00:40 Answer 3 (Score 30)
00:57 Answer 4 (Score 18)
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4796...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 584


with open(fname) as f:
    next(f)
    for line in f:
        #do something



ANSWER 2

Score 111


f = open(fname,'r')
lines = f.readlines()[1:]
f.close()



ANSWER 3

Score 22


If slicing could work on iterators...

from itertools import islice
with open(fname) as f:
    for line in islice(f, 1, None):
        pass



ANSWER 4

Score 9


f = open(fname).readlines()
firstLine = f.pop(0) #removes the first line
for line in f:
    ...