python load string from file to list code example

Example 1: python read text file into a list

text_file = open("filename.dat", "r")
lines = text_file.readlines()
print lines
print len(lines)
text_file.close()

Example 2: python read file in string list

# read file in a string list
with open(fileName) as f:
	lineList = f.readlines()