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Cerulean · Dec 10th, 2005, 2:51 PM

Shove each line into a list and then access the last and second last elements in this list.

lines = []
for line in myFile:
    lines.append(line)
lastItem = lines[-1]  # -1 refers to the last item in a list
secondLastItem = lines[-2] # -2 refers to the second last item in a list.. etc.

Dec 10th, 2005, 2:51 PM	#4
Cerulean Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 459 Rep Power: 4	Shove each line into a list and then access the last and second last elements in this list. (Toggle Plain Text) lines = [] for line in myFile: lines.append(line) lastItem = lines[-1] # -1 refers to the last item in a list secondLastItem = lines[-2] # -2 refers to the second last item in a list.. etc. lines = [] for line in myFile: lines.append(line) lastItem = lines[-1] # -1 refers to the last item in a list secondLastItem = lines[-2] # -2 refers to the second last item in a list.. etc.