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Utah Introduction to Python 1 and 2

Lesson 16.2 Reading Characters from File

Description

In this lesson, students learn how to read all or a given number of characters from a file using Python.


Objective

Students will be able to

  • Understand the importance of reading files and the role it plays in file handling tasks
  • Use the open() function to open a file in read mode and the close() method to close the file properly
  • Read the entire contents of a file using the read() method and store them in a variable
  • Read a specific number of characters of a file using the read method with a value