Oct 22, 2013 · I am very new to programming and the python language. I know how to open a file in python, but the question is how can I open the file as a parameter of a function? example: function …

I'm looking at how to do file input and output in Python. I've written the following code to read a list of names (one per line) from a file into another file while checking a name against the name...

Jul 11, 2011 · Is there a way to open a file for both reading and writing? As a workaround, I open the file for writing, close it, then open it again for reading. But is there a way to open a file for both readi...

In Python's built-in open function, what is the difference between the modes w, a, w+, a+, and r+? The documentation implies that these all allow writing to the file, and says that they open the files for …

Jun 3, 2010 · The file pointer is at the end of the file if the file exists. The file opens in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file for reading and writing. - Python file modes seek () …

Oct 18, 2016 · How do I open a text file in Python? Asked 9 years, 1 month ago Modified 5 years, 7 months ago Viewed 62k times

Closed 2 years ago. I used to open files that were in the same directory as the currently running Python script by simply using a command like:

In Ruby you can read from a file using s = File.read (filename). The shortest and clearest I know in Python is with open (filename) as f: s = f.read () Is there any other way to do it that makes it

Jan 16, 2011 · On some operating systems, opening the file with 'a' guarantees that all your following writes will be appended atomically to the end of the file (even as the file grows by other writes). A few …

The following is an example of how you might write and read a pickle file. Note that if you keep appending pickle data to the file, you will need to continue reading from the file until you find what …