Answers for "how to read files in python"

40

python read file line by line

with open("file.txt") as file_in:
    lines = []
    for line in file_in:
        lines.append(line)
Posted by: Guest on March-03-2020
36

python read file

with open("file.txt", "r") as txt_file:
  return txt_file.readlines()
Posted by: Guest on November-30-2020
23

python read file

# Basic syntax:
with open('/path/to/filename.extension', 'open_mode') as filename:
  file_data = filename.readlines()	# Or filename.read() 
# Where:
#	- open imports the file as a file object which then needs to be read
#		with one of the read options
#	- readlines() imports each line of the file as an element in a list
#	- read() imports the file contents as one long new-line-separated 
#		string
#	- open_mode can be one of:
#		- "r" = Read which opens a file for reading (error if the file 
#			doesn't exist)
#		- "a" = Append which opens a file for appending (creates the 
#			file if it doesn't exist)
#		- "w" = Write which opens a file for writing (creates the file 
#			if it doesn't exist)
#		- "x" = Create which creates the specified file (returns an error
#			if the file exists)
# Note, "with open() as" is recommended because the file is closed 
#	automatically so you don't have to remember to use file.close()

# Basic syntax for a delimited file with multiple fields:
import csv
with open('/path/to/filename.extension', 'open_mode') as filename:
	file_data = csv.reader(filename, delimiter='delimiter')
    data_as_list = list(file_data)
# Where:
#	- csv.reader can be used for files that use any delimiter, not just
#		commas, e.g.: '\t', '|', ';', etc. (It's a bit of a misnomer)
#	- csv.reader() returns a csv.reader object which can be iterated 
#		over, directly converted to a list, and etc. 

# Importing data using Numpy:
import numpy as np
data = np.loadtxt('/path/to/filename.extension',
				delimiter=',', 	# String used to separate values
				skiprows=2, 	# Number of rows to skip
				usecols=[0,2], 	# Specify which columns to read
				dtype=str) 		# The type of the resulting array

# Importing data using Pandas:
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('/path/to/filename.extension',
				nrows=5, 		# Number of rows of file to read
				header=None, 	# Row number to use as column names 
	            sep='\t', 		# Delimiter to use 
	            comment='#', 	# Character to split comments
				na_values=[""])	# String to recognize as NA/NaN

# Note, pandas can also import excel files with pd.read_excel()
Posted by: Guest on October-11-2020
10

python write file

with open("file.txt", "w") as file:
  for line in ["hello", "world"]:
    file.write(line)
Posted by: Guest on November-30-2020
0

how to read files in python

#Read files with loop
#Replace (File path) with your text file's path
file = open("(File path)", "r")

text = ""

for line in file:
  text = "%s\n%s"%(text, line)
  
print(text)
Posted by: Guest on January-30-2021
0

how to read files in python

f = open("demofile.txt", "r")
print(f.read()) 
f.close()

#OR

with open("demofile.txt","r") as file:
  print(file.read())
Posted by: Guest on May-16-2021

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