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UnKnown X · Dec 10th, 2005, 2:19 PM

I read ColdDeath's (brilliant

) tutorial, and decided to give Python a shot. So I made a programme that finds a Fibonacci number a few hours ago. Then I decided to come back and try to make it read from and write the results to a file.

Now, I can't figure out how to make it read the last number! The numbers are saved like this:

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and so on (including the last newline)

I tried this, but it didn't work. I'm not sure where or why it fails:

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        k = 1
        while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n':
            k += 1
        k -= 1
        f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k))
        b = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k)))
        k += 2
        while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n':
            k += 1
        k -= 1
        f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k))
        a = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k)))
        f.seek(0, 2)

Dec 10th, 2005, 2:19 PM	#1
UnKnown X Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sandvika, Norway Posts: 114 Rep Power: 0	Reading numbers from file I read ColdDeath's (brilliant ) tutorial, and decided to give Python a shot. So I made a programme that finds a Fibonacci number a few hours ago. Then I decided to come back and try to make it read from and write the results to a file. Now, I can't figure out how to make it read the last number! The numbers are saved like this: (Toggle Plain Text) 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 and so on (including the last newline) I tried this, but it didn't work. I'm not sure where or why it fails: (Toggle Plain Text) k = 1 while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n': k += 1 k -= 1 f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k)) b = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k))) k += 2 while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n': k += 1 k -= 1 f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k)) a = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k))) f.seek(0, 2) k = 1 while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n': k += 1 k -= 1 f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k)) b = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k))) k += 2 while (f.seek(k * -1, 2)) != '\n': k += 1 k -= 1 f.seek((f.read())-(f.read()-k)) a = int(f.read((f.read())-(f.read()-k))) f.seek(0, 2)