read a file python 3 code example

Example 1: python file reading

fin = open("NAME.txt", 'r')
body = fin.read().split("\n")
line = fin.readline().strip()

Example 2: with open as file python

>>> with open('workfile') as f:
...     read_data = f.read()

>>> # We can check that the file has been automatically closed.
>>> f.closed
True