Reading from Files

Rough notes.

Open a file for reading with

    infile = open('name_of_file', 'r')

The 'r' indicates that we're opening the file to read. You can elide it.

Read one line from the file with the readline procedure.

    line = infile.readline()

The procedure returns a string that includes the carriage return at the end of the line. You may want to eliminate it.

Read the remaining contents of a file with the read procedure.

    contents = infile.read()

This also includes all of the carriage returns. In this case, you are more likely to want to keep them.

When you are done with a file, close it.

    infile.close()