open a file with code example

Example 1: 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 2: with open

with open('output.txt', 'w') as file:  # Use file to refer to the file object

    file.write('Hi there!')