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Go to a specific line in python?

Thebuilderofdoom
i want to go to line 34 in a .txt file and read it how would you do that? In python?
Mar 15 '10 #1

✓ answered by Glenton

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  1. myFile=open("whatever.txt")
  2. for lineNo,line in enumerate(myFile):
  3.     if lineNo==33: break
  4. #continue with your code here, and line=34th line of text file 

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Glenton
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Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. myFile=open("whatever.txt")
  2. for lineNo,line in enumerate(myFile):
  3.     if lineNo==33: break
  4. #continue with your code here, and line=34th line of text file 
Mar 15 '10 #2

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