how to print a text in n lines python code example

Example: Write a Python program to read first n lines of a file

def read_lines(fname,n,mode='r+'):
	with open(fname) as f:
		for i in range(n):
			print(f.readline())

read_lines('file1.txt',2)
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def readnline(fname,lines,mode='r+'):
	with open(fname) as f:
		li = [ next(f) for i in range(lines)]
	print(li)

readnline('file1.txt',1)

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