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Read contents of the file using readlines() method in Python

Python | Read contents of the file: In this tutorial, we will learn how to read the contents of the file using the readlines() method in Python. By Shivang Yadav Last updated : July 05, 2023

Program Statement

Python program to read contents of the file using readlines() method.

Program Description

We will read the characters of a files line by line using the readlines() method in python.

We will use the concepts of file handling in python to read the contents of a file line by line using readlines() method.

• The readlines() method is used to return a list that contains lines of the file. Each line is an item of the list.

Reading contents of the file using readlines() method

The steps to read the contents of a file using the readlines() method are as follows,

• Step 1: Open the file in read mode using 'r'.
• Step 2: Read the data from the file line by line.
  • Step 2.1: Extract each line, we will use readlines() which will be stored in a list.
  • Step 2.2: print the list.

Python program to read contents of the file using readlines() method

F=open("names.dat","r")

data=F.readlines()
print(data)

F.close()

Output

['File Handling in Python Programming Language\n', 'Reading files using readLine ']

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