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Python File Handling in Detail – Mind Map | CodeWithMunnaX
Mind map · Lesson 2 of 7 Python File Handling in Detail – Mind Map Everything this lesson covers — Introduction, Types of Files, File Modes, 'r' (Read) Mode and Reading Methods (in 'r' mode) — in one visual map. Click any topic to open it, or download the full map as an image for revision.
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File Handling in Python
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Python File Handling in Detail: lesson notes 01 IntroductionDefinition Process of creating, reading, updating, writing, managing files Uses programming language 02 Types of FilesText Files Contain readable characters Extensions: .txt, .csv, .json, .py, .xml Binary Files Contain data in form of bytes Extensions: .jpg, .mp3, .mp4 03 File ModesPurpose: What we want to do with a file Common Modes 'r': Read mode 'w': Write mode 'a': Append mode 'x': Create mode 'r+': Read and Write 'w+': Write and Read 'a+': Append and Read 04 'r' (Read) ModeStands for Read mode Opens existing file for reading Throws error if file not found Syntax: open("file.txt", "r")Python File Handling Next lesson Python File Handling Always close file: file.close()
with statement: Auto-closes file05 Reading Methods (in 'r' mode)read()Reads complete file content data = file.read()data = file.read(N): Reads N charactersreadline()Reads one line at a time line = file.readline()Loop to read all lines: while line: print(line, end=""); line = file.readline()readlines()Reads all lines into a list data = file.readlines()Iterate with for line in data: print(line, end="")