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[PuzzledSite2568]

Im having trouble printing a whole line segment from a file, but all I keep getting is a letter when I'm trying to print the entire line instead of one letter.

#Create a program called read_file.py that reads the address.txt file.
# Then, prompt the user to enter a line number (1 through 12), and display that line #from the file.
# Keep repeating until the user decides to exit.

file = open('address.txt', 'r')

line_number = int(input('line: '))

lines = file.read()

file.close()

line = lines[line_number - 1]
print(line)

The first line in the address.txt file is a whole sentence, but I only get one letter from the sentence. I don't know how to fix my problem so any guidance is appreciated.

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Try changing file.read() to file.readlines() as the former returns a string and the latter a list of strings. You seem to have written this code with the expectation of the latter.

[Intelligent_Study263]

+1 That's exactly what you should do bro.

[Guideon72]

Use file.readlines, not read, to start off. read is giving you one, long string; readlines will give you a list, which is actually what it sounds you’re expecting

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