tell¶
Description¶
Returns the file’s current position.
Syntax¶
file. tell()
Note¶
On Windows, tell() can return illegal values (after an fgets()) when reading files with Unix-style line-endings. Use binary mode (‘rb’) to circumvent this problem.
Return Value¶
long
Time Complexity¶
#TODO
Example¶
>>> # test.txt contents:
>>> # 0000 0000
>>> f = open(r'C:\test.txt')
>>> f.tell()
0L
>>> f.seek(3) # changes position by 3
>>> f.tell()
3L
See Also¶
#TODO