Reading a text file using python

Question

I have the following code:

readFromFile = open('C:\\Users\\sunka\\Desktop\\exampleFile.txt','r')
readFromFile.readlines()
print(readFromFile)

After running the code, I am getting the following issue

<_io.TextIOWrapper name='C:\\Users\\sunka\\Desktop\\exampleFile.txt' mode='r' encoding='cp1252'>

it's not printing the contents in the file.

Kindly help me to fix this

Dmitry Yantsen · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-25 05:30:17Z

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Your readFromFile variable is a file object, that you can read data from. The readlines function returns array of lines inside that opened file.

So what you want to do is:

with open('C:\Users\sunka\Desktop\exampleFile.txt','r') as file_obj:
    print(file_obj.readlines())

Take a closer look at the docs next time.

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 5:30

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You can read any file the same way. The difference would be in how will you treat the contents.

PJay · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-25 08:12:51Z

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You can also try the following :

readFromFile = open('C:\\Users\\sunka\\exampleFile.txt','r')
fh = readFromFile.read()
print(fh)

It prints out all the lines in the file.

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 8:12

PJay

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