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Usage ​

MethodDescription
getsourcelinesReturn a list of source lines and starting line number for an object.

Example ​

Print source code of a function:

python
import inspect
from my_module import my_function
code, line_no = inspect.getsourcelines(my_function)

## Simplest
print(''.join(code))

## With line numbers
for line in code:
  print(f'{line_no:4d} {line}', end='')
  line_no += 1