.seek()
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The .seek()
file method allows the user to move the location of the file handle’s reference point within an open file from one place to another.
Syntax
file.seek(offset, from what location)
Example
Use .seek()
to change the position of the reference point within the gullivers_travels.txt
file:
f = open("gullivers_travels.txt", "r")# Print first line of the document from default 0th positionprint(f.readline())# Change the reference point to the 50th index positionf.seek(50)# Print line from new reference pointprint(f.readline())f.close()
Codebyte Example
The example below opens a file named demofile.txt
first at the default position, Then again using .seek()
at the 5th index position:
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