1 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/examples/removeLineBreaks.py b/examples/removeLineBreaks.py
index 90b77e4..1a77231 100644
--- a/examples/removeLineBreaks.py
+++ b/examples/removeLineBreaks.py
@@ -13,18 +13,22 @@
 #
 import pyparsing as pp
 
-# define an expression for the body of a line of text - use a parse action to reject any
-# empty lines
-def mustBeNonBlank(s, l, t):
-    return bool(t[0])
+line_end = pp.LineEnd()
 
-lineBody = pp.SkipTo(pp.lineEnd).addCondition(mustBeNonBlank, message="line body can't be empty")
+# define an expression for the body of a line of text - use a predicate condition to
+# accept only lines with some content.
+def mustBeNonBlank(t):
+    return t[0] != ''
+    # could also be written as
+    # return bool(t[0])
+
+lineBody = pp.SkipTo(line_end).addCondition(mustBeNonBlank, message="line body can't be empty")
 
 # now define a line with a trailing lineEnd, to be replaced with a space character
-textLine = lineBody + pp.Suppress(pp.lineEnd).setParseAction(pp.replaceWith(" "))
+textLine = lineBody + line_end().setParseAction(pp.replaceWith(" "))
 
 # define a paragraph, with a separating lineEnd, to be replaced with a double newline
-para = pp.OneOrMore(textLine) + pp.Suppress(pp.lineEnd).setParseAction(pp.replaceWith("\n\n"))
+para = pp.OneOrMore(textLine) + line_end().setParseAction(pp.replaceWith("\n\n"))
 
 # run a test
 test = """
@@ -40,6 +44,14 @@ test = """
 print(para.transformString(test))
 
 # process an entire file
-original = open("Successful Methods of Public Speaking.txt").read()
+#   Project Gutenberg EBook of Successful Methods of Public Speaking, by Grenville Kleiser
+#   Download from http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18095/pg18095.txt
+#
+with open("18095-8.txt") as source_file:
+    original = source_file.read()
+
+# use transformString to convert line breaks
 transformed = para.transformString(original)
-open("Successful Methods of Public Speaking(2).txt", "w").write(transformed)
+
+with open("18095-8_reformatted.txt", "w") as transformed_file:
+    transformed_file.write(transformed)