Why is my program not reading the first line of code in the referenced file(fileName)?

Question

def main():
    read()

def read():

    fileName=input("Enter the file you want to count: ")

    infile=open(fileName , "r")
    text=infile.readline()
    count=0
    while text != "":

        text=str(count)     
        count+=1
        text=infile.readline()



        print(str(count)+ ": " + text)

    infile.close()     
main()

-the referenced .txt file has only two elements

44

33

-the output of this code should look like

1: 44

2: 33

-my output is

1: 33

2:

im not sure why the program is not picking up the first line in the referenced .txt file. The line numbers are correct however 33 should be second to 44.

Answer 1

The reason is explained in the comments:

def main():
    read()

def read():
    fileName=input("Enter the file you want to count: ")
    infile=open(fileName , "r")
    text=infile.readline()  ##Reading the first line here but not printing
    count=0
    while text != "":
      text=str(count)     
      count+=1
      text=infile.readline() ##Reading the 2nd line here
      print(str(count)+ ": " + text) ##Printing the 2nd line here, missed the first 
                                     ##line

    infile.close()     


main()

Modify the program as:

def main():
   read()

def read():
   fileName= input("Enter the file you want to count: ")
   infile = open(fileName , "r")
   text = infile.readline()
   count = 1                             # Set count to 1
   while text != "":
      print(str(count)+ ": " + str(text))   # Print 1st line here
      count = count + 1                     # Increment count to 2 
      text = infile.readline()              # Read 2nd line 

   infile.close()                           # Close the file


main()