Files

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Read from a File

from pathlib import Path

path = Path('pi_digits.txt') # locate file (in current directory)
contents = path.read_text().rstrip() # read its contents into memory as a string, removing any whitespace
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)