Sorry, I don't know what went wrong, here is another paste (hopefully this will work this time). If you prefer, this a link anchor to the function https://www.assembla.com/code/tahar/subversion/nodes/tahar.py?rev=8#ln340
def count_loc(lines): nb_lines = 0 docstring = False for line in lines: line = line.strip() if line == "" \ or line.startswith("#") \ or docstring and not (line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith("'''"))\ or (line.startswith("'''") and line.endswith("'''") and len(line) >3) \ or (line.startswith('"""') and line.endswith('"""') and len(line) >3) : continue # this is either a starting or ending docstring elif line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith("'''"): docstring = not docstring continue else: nb_lines += 1 return nb_lines ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> To: python-list@python.org Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 4:25 PM Subject: Re: Couting the number of lines of code of a python program On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:17 AM, chaouche yacine <yacinechaou...@yahoo.com> wrote: > defcount_loc(lines):nb_lines =0docstring =Falseforline inlines:line > =line.strip()ifline ==""\ orline.startswith("#")\ ordocstring > andnot(line.startswith('"""')orline.startswith("'''"))\ > or(line.startswith("'''")andline.endswith("'''")andlen(line)>3)\ > or(line.startswith('"""')andline.endswith('"""')andlen(line)>3):continue# > this is either a starting or ending > docstringelifline.startswith('"""')orline.startswith("'''"):docstring > =notdocstring continueelse:nb_lines +=1returnnb_lines Ow-what? Something's gone wrong with all your whitespace, I think... can you paste again please? ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list