reading-files.py

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# Tutorial: Receives a file name from the user, reads and then displays the contents to the console
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# Taking the file we would like to read (Similar to selecting a book you want to read)
# Make sure you give the full path in case the file is not present in the same location as the program
filename = ""  # Give your file name here
# filename = input("Enter the file name you would like to read: ")  # uncomment if you want to give the file name while running

try:
    # Since we know which file to read let's open it first (We have to open the book first so that we can read)
    fread = open(filename, mode="r")  # Here the r specifies we want to read the file

    # Now since we have the file open we can read it (Once our book is open we can start reading from the book)
    fcontents = fread.read()  # Reads and saves all the contents into the variable fcontents

    # As we have read from the file we check out what's present in the file
    print(fcontents)

    # It's always a good practice to close the file after we finish reading from the file
    fread.close()

except (EOFError, FileNotFoundError):
    print("File not found! Please check if the file exists in the same folder or provide the full path.")

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# Challenge: Create a file and add some content into the file. Change the filename in the program and verify the output
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