code for opening a file in python code example

Example 1: 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()

Example 2: python read file

with open("file.txt", "r") as txt_file:
  return txt_file.readlines()

Example 3: python with file.open

# Reference https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open

# Method 1
file = open("welcome.txt", "r") # mode can be r(read) w(write) and others 
data = file.read()
file.close()

# Method 2 - automatic close
with open("welcome.txt") as infile:
  data = file.read()

Example 4: how to open a file in python

#open any file that is in your folder you are using in your editor
import os
os.startfile('Gamepicture.jfif')