Find the line where the n-th character is

findColumn.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Oct 11 12:21:18 2017

Good way to find where the error is after a bad resolved merge conflict.

@author: kyonru
"""
with open ("name_of_the_file.extension", "r") as myfile:
    data=myfile.readlines()
    columnWanted=int(input("Write a column: "))
    cnt = 0;
    for i in range(len(data)):
      cnt += len(data[i])
      if(cnt >= columnWanted):
          print("The line you want is aprox: " 
                + str(i) + "\nLine:\n"+ data[i])
          break