The file operation in Python can be done through the open function, which is really like the fopen in the C language. Use the Open function to get a file object, and then call Read (), write (), and so on to read and write the files.
1.open
Always remember to call the close () method of the file object after opening the file with open. For example, you can use the Try/finally statement to ensure that the file is closed at last.
File_object = open (' Thefile.txt ') Try: All_the_text = File_object.read () Finally: File_object.close ()
Note: The Open statement cannot be placed in the try block because the file object File_object cannot execute the close () method when an exception is opened to the file.
2. Read the file
Read text file
input = open (' Data ', ' r ') #第二个参数默认为rinput = open (' Data ')
Read binary files
input = open (' Data ', ' RB ')
Read all content
File_object = open (' Thefile.txt ') Try: All_the_text = File_object.read () Finally: File_object.close ()
Read fixed byte
File_object = open (' Abinfile ', ' RB ') Try: While True: chunk = file_object.read (+) if not chunk: break Do_something_with (Chunk) Finally: File_object.close ()
Read each line
List_of_all_the_lines = File_object.readlines ()
If the file is a text file, you can also traverse the file object directly to get each line:
For line in File_object: process Line
3. Writing files
Write a text file
Output = open (' Data ', ' W ')
Write a binary file
Output = open (' Data ', ' WB ')
Append Write file
Output = open (' Data ', ' w+ ')
Write Data
File_object = open (' Thefile.txt ', ' W ') File_object.write (All_the_text) file_object.close ()
Write Multiple lines
File_object.writelines (list_of_text_strings)
Note that calling Writelines writes multiple rows at a higher performance than using write one-time writes.