With the help of linecache.getline()
method, we can get a particular line by providing a line number, one of the usecase for this method is to find the syntax error in the given line number within a big file by using linecache.getline()
method.
Syntax :
linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
Return : Return the content of given line number.
Input File :
Example #1 :
In this example we can see that by using linecache.getline()
method, we are able to get the content of a given line from a big file by using this method.
# import linecache import linecache as lc # Using linecache.getline() method gfg = lc.getline( 'File.txt' , 1 ) print (gfg) |
Output :
Example #2 :
# import linecache import linecache as lc # Using linecache.getline() method gfg = lc.getline( 'File.txt' , 2 ) print (gfg) |
Output :
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