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Now you know all about files! You were able to:
- Open up file objects using
open()
andwith
. - Read a file’s full contents using Python’s
.read()
method. - Read a file line-by-line using
.readline()
and.readlines()
- Create new files by opening them in write-mode.
- Append to a file non-destructively by opening a file in append-mode.
- Apply all of the above to different types of data-carrying files including CSV and JSON!
You have all the skills necessary to read, write, and update files programmatically, a very useful skill in the Python universe!
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