get nth line of string in python

Question

How can you get the nth line of a string in Python 3? For example

getline(\"line1\\nline2\\nline3\",3)

Is there any way to do this

Answer 1

Use a string buffer:

import io    
def getLine(data, line_no):
    buffer = io.StringIO(data)
    for i in range(line_no - 1):
        try:
            next(buffer)
        except StopIteration:
            return '' #Reached EOF

    try:
        return next(buffer)
    except StopIteration:
        return '' #Reached EOF