how to get python to read a text file code example

Example 1: python read file line by line

with open("file.txt") as file_in:
    lines = []
    for line in file_in:
        lines.append(line)

Example 2: reading text file in python

>>> year = 2016
>>> event = 'Referendum'
>>> f'Results of the {year} {event}'
'Results of the 2016 Referendum'