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python file open modes

r for reading
r+ opens for reading and writing (cannot truncate a file)
w for writing
w+ for writing and reading (can truncate a file)
rb for reading a binary file. The file pointer is placed at the beginning of the file.
rb+ reading or writing a binary file
wb+ writing a binary file
a+ opens for appending
ab+ Opens a file for both appending and reading in binary. The file pointer is at the end of the file if the file exists. The file opens in the append mode.
x open for exclusive creation, failing if the file already exists (Python 3)
Posted by: Guest on June-06-2020
73

python write to file

file = open(“testfile.txt”,”w”) 
 
file.write(“Hello World”) 
file.write(“This is our new text file”) 
file.write(“and this is another line.”) 
file.write(“Why? Because we can.”) 
 
file.close() 
Posted by: Guest on December-09-2019
3

python file modes

# Different modes of text file
"r" = # Open for reading plain text
"w" = # Open for writing plain text
"a" = # Open an existing file for appending plain text
"rb" = # Open for reading binary data
"wb" = # Open for writing binary data
Posted by: Guest on May-03-2021
11

python file open

#there are many modes you can open files in. r means read.
file = open('C:Usersyournamefilesfile.txt','r')
text = file.read()

#you can write a string to it, too!
file = open('C:Usersyournamefilesfile.txt','w')
file.write('This is a typical string')

#don't forget to close it afterwards!
file.close()
Posted by: Guest on March-26-2020

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