Python: How to loop through blocks of lines

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Here’s another way, using itertools.groupby.
The function groupy iterates through lines of the file and calls isa_group_separator(line) for each line. isa_group_separator returns either True or False (called the key), and itertools.groupby then groups all the consecutive lines that yielded the same True or False result.

This is a very convenient way to collect lines into groups.

import itertools

def isa_group_separator(line):
    return line=='\n'

with open('data_file') as f:
    for key,group in itertools.groupby(f,isa_group_separator):
        # print(key,list(group))  # uncomment to see what itertools.groupby does.
        if not key:               # however, this will make the rest of the code not work
            data={}               # as it exhausts the `group` iterator
            for item in group:
                field,value=item.split(':')
                value=value.strip()
                data[field]=value
            print('{FamilyN} {Name} {Age}'.format(**data))

# Y X 20
# F H 23
# Y S 13
# Z M 25

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