Difference between revisions of "Perform IO with Text Files"

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   contents = my_new_file.read()
   contents = my_new_file.read()


  ==File Locations==
Open ReadOnly
  with open('myfile.txt', mode= 'r') as myfile:
  contents = myfile.read()

Revision as of 23:26, 5 January 2019

Opening a File

myfile= open('filename.txt')
myfile.read() # reads a string of everything in the file
myfile.seek(0) # reset the cursor to the top of the file
contents = myfile.read()
myfile.readlines() # will read lines as a list
myfile.close() # closes the file
with open('filename.txt') as my_new_file:
 contents = my_new_file.read()

Open ReadOnly

with open('myfile.txt', mode= 'r') as myfile:
 contents = myfile.read()