In article <mailman.1412.1296196161.6505.python-l...@python.org>, John O'Hagan <resea...@johnohagan.com> wrote: > >file.seek takes an optional 'whence' argument which is 2 for the end, so you >can just work back from there till you hit the first newline that has anything >after it: > > >def lastline(filename): > offset = 0 > line = '' > with open(filename) as f: > while True: > offset -= 1 > f.seek(offset, 2) > nextline = f.next() > if nextline == '\n' and line.strip(): > return line > else: > line = nextline
It's a Bad Idea to mix direct file operations with the iterator API. Use f.read() instead of f.next(). -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
