Extract_line_from_text_file.py

# Specify the name of the input text file
input_file_name = "example.txt"

# Specify the line number you want to extract (4 for the 5th line)
line_number_to_extract = 4

# Initialize a variable to store the extracted line
extracted_line = None

# Open the text file for reading
with open(input_file_name, "r") as file:
    # Iterate over the lines in the file
    for current_line_number, line in enumerate(file):
        # Check if the current line number matches the line to extract
        if current_line_number == line_number_to_extract:
            extracted_line = line.strip()  # Remove leading/trailing whitespace

# Check if the line was found and extracted
if extracted_line is not None:
    print(f"Extracted line {line_number_to_extract + 1}: {extracted_line}")
else:
    print(f"Line {line_number_to_extract + 1} not found in the file.")