Insert Content of a File into a Variable

[Wijaya Edward]

Hi,

How can we slurp all content of a single file
into one variable?

I tried this:


But it doesn't print the content of the file.

Regards,
-- Edward WIJAYA
SINGAPORE

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[Grant Edwards]

How can we slurp all content of a single file
into one variable?

http://docs.python.org/tut/node9.html#SECTION009200000000000000000

I suggest you read the rest of the tutorial as well.

 

[Cameron Walsh]

Hi,

How can we slurp all content of a single file
into one variable?

I tried this:

<open file 'somefile.txt', mode 'r' at 0xb7f532e0>


But it doesn't print the content of the file.

Help on built-in function open in module __builtin__:

open(...)
open(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object

Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object.
Help on class file in module __builtin__:

class file(object)
| file(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object

<SNIP>

|read(...)
| read([size]) -> read at most size bytes, returned as a string.
|
| If the size argument is negative or omitted, read until EOF is
| reached.
| Notice that when in non-blocking mode, less data than what was
| requested
| may be returned, even if no size parameter was given.

<SNIP>

|readlines(...)
| readlines([size]) -> list of strings, each a line from the file.
|
| Call readline() repeatedly and return a list of the lines so read.
| The optional size argument, if given, is an approximate bound on the
| total number of bytes in the lines returned.

<SNIP>

Those sound useful...

Or alternatively:
['__class__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__enter__', '__exit__',
'__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__new__',
'__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__',
'close', 'closed', 'encoding', 'fileno', 'flush', 'isatty', 'mode',
'name', 'newlines', 'next', 'read', 'readinto', 'readline', 'readlines',
'seek', 'softspace', 'tell', 'truncate', 'write', 'writelines',
'xreadlines']
Ye gads! I wish I'd chosen a shorter file! Or used a variable to put

Ye gads! I wish I'd chosen a shorter file! <SNIP>


You might also try:
<SNIP lots of lines>

Hope it helps,

Cameron.

 

[Paul McGuire]

Hi,

How can we slurp all content of a single file
into one variable?

Please don't double-post your questions. Now you have two threads running
with people answering the same question.

-- Paul