Files

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Read from a File

from pathlib import Path

path = Path('gravitys_rainbow.txt') # specify path to file (in current directory)
try:
    contents = path.read_text().rstrip() # read its contents into memory as a string, removing any whitespace
except FileNotFounError:
    print(f"Sorry, the file {path} does not exist.")

print(f'File as one string:\n{contents}')

lines = contents.splitlines() # separate file by line breaks
print('File as one string per line:')
for line in lines:
    print(line)

Write to a File

from pathlib import Path

gr = "A screaming comes across the sky. "
gr += "It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. "
gr += "It is too late. The evacuation still proceeds, but it's all theatre."
gr_file = Path('gravitys_rainbow.txt') # creates file if it doesn't exist
gr_file.write_text(gr)