title: How to remove python white spaces
body: <p>I want to read from some file lines like this A = B = 411
  Without any whitespaces/spaces.I have tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  import re
  import fileinput
  
  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  fileName = "input.txt"
  
  f = open(fileName,"r")
  lines = f.readlines()
  for i in lines:
      character = i.split()
      for n in character:
  
          if  n != '#':
              print n
  
          else:
              print "End of File"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>input.txt</p>
  
  <pre><code>A = B = 411
  C = ( D = 2 ) * _2
  C = D = 2 * _2
  F = C - D
  E = D * _10
  Z = 10 / 3
  #
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>now the problem is if i give spaces between the letters/numbers in the input file the program works properly. But if the spaces are removed then the output is like A=B=411
  Which i don't want..Can anybody please help me...how to maintain the integrity of the data read from the file...</p>