def getNumberofCases(self, fh, spssio):
        """ This function reports the number of cases present in a data file"""
        retcode = spssio.spssGetNumberofCases(fh, self.numofCasesPtr)
        return retcode, self.nCases.value
 This function reports the number of cases present in a data file
recipes/Python/577650_Python_reader_for_spss_sav_files/recipe-577650.py