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When we read a file, we might want to grab the whole document in a single string, like .read() would return. But what if we wanted to store each line in a variable? We can use the .readlines() function to read a text file line by line instead of having the whole thing. Suppose we have a file:

keats_sonnet.txt

To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,—to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.

script.py

with open('keats_sonnet.txt') as keats_sonnet: for line in keats_sonnet.readlines(): print(line)

The above script creates a temporary file object called keats_sonnet that points to the file keats_sonnet.txt. It then iterates over each line in the document and prints the entire file out.

Instructions

1.

Using a with statement, create a file object pointing to the file how_many_lines.txt. Store that file object in the variable lines_doc.

2.

Iterate through each of the lines in lines_doc.readlines() using a for loop.

Inside the for loop print out each line of how_many_lines.txt.

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