import string

def main():
    print " This program reads from a file and then prints out the"
    print " line with the longest length the line ,or with the highest sum"
    print " of ASCII values , or the line with the greatest number of words"
    infile = open("30075165.txt","r")
    for line in infile:
        print line
    infile.close()
def length():
    maxlength = 0
    infile = open("30075165.txt","r")
    for line in infile:
        linelength = lengthofline
        if linelength > maxlength:
            #If linelength is greater than maxlength value the new value is linelength
            maxlength = linelength
            linelength = line
    print ,maxlinetext
    infile.close()

print max(open(your_filename, 'r'), key=len)

print(max(open(your_filename, 'r'), key=len))

large_line = ''
large_line_len = 0
filename = r"C:tmpTestFile.txt"

with open(filename, 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        if len(line) > large_line_len:
            large_line_len = len(line)
            large_line = line

print large_line

This Should Be Largest Line

def get_longest_line(filename):
    large_line = ''
    large_line_len = 0

    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            if len(line) > large_line_len:
                large_line_len = len(line)
                large_line = line

    return large_line

print get_longest_line(r"C:tmpTestFile.txt")

def get_longest_line(filename):
    mydict = {}

    for line in open(filename, 'r'):
        mydict[len(line)] = line

    return mydict[sorted(mydict)[-1]]

Small Line
Small Line
Another Small Line
This Should Be Largest Line
Small Line

print " This program reads from a file and then prints out the"
print " line with the longest length the line ,or with the highest sum"
print " of ASCII values , or the line with the greatest number of words"

def get_file_data(filename):
    def ascii_sum(line):
        return sum([ord(x) for x in line])
    def word_count(line):
        return len(line.split(None))

    filedata = [(line, len(line), ascii_sum(line), word_count(line))
                for line in open(filename, 'r')]

    return filedata

afile = r"C:TmpTestFile.txt"

for line, line_len, ascii_sum, word_count in get_file_data(afile):
    print 'Line: %s, Len: %d, Sum: %d, WordCount: %d' % (
        line.strip(), line_len, ascii_sum, word_count)

Line: Small Line, Len: 11, Sum: 939, WordCount: 2
Line: Small Line, Len: 11, Sum: 939, WordCount: 2
Line: Another Small Line, Len: 19, Sum: 1692, WordCount: 3
Line: This Should Be Largest Line, Len: 28, Sum: 2450, WordCount: 5
Line: Small Line, Len: 11, Sum: 939, WordCount: 2

>>> afile = r"C:TmpTestFile.txt"
>>> file_data = get_file_data(afile)
>>> max(file_data, key=lambda line: line[1]) # Longest Line
('This Should Be Largest Linen', 28, 2450, 5)
>>> max(file_data, key=lambda line: line[2]) # Largest ASCII sum
('This Should Be Largest Linen', 28, 2450, 5)
>>> max(file_data, key=lambda line: line[3]) # Most Words
('This Should Be Largest Linen', 28, 2450, 5)

def main():
    print " This program reads from a file and then prints out the"
    print " line with the longest length the line ,or with the highest sum"
    print " of ASCII values , or the line with the greatest number of words"
    length()

def length():
    maxlength = 0
    maxlinetext = ""
    infile = open("30075165.txt","r")
    for line in infile:
        linelength = len(line)
        if linelength > maxlength:
            #If linelength is greater than maxlength value the new value is linelength
            maxlength = linelength
            maxlinetext = line
    print maxlinetext
    infile.close()

linelength = lengthofline # bug?

linelength = len(line) # fix

$ awk 'length() > n { n = length(); x = $0 } END { print x }' 30075165.txt

import os.path

def getLongestLineFromFile(fileName):
    longestLine = ""

    if not os.path.exists(fileName):
        raise "File not found"

    file = open(fileName, "r")
    for line in file:
        if len(line) > len(longestLine):
            longestLine = line

    return longestLine


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print getLongestLineFromFile("input.data")

111111111
1111111111111111111111
111111111
22222222222222222
4444444444444444444444444444444
444444444444444
5555