python get line number code example

Example 1: how to get the current line number in python

from inspect import currentframe

def get_linenumber():
    cf = currentframe()
    return cf.f_back.f_lineno

print "This is line 7, python says line ", get_linenumber()

Example 2: python how to get current line number

#python3
from inspect import currentframe, getframeinfo

frameinfo = getframeinfo(currentframe())

print(frameinfo.filename, frameinfo.lineno)