17.8. Glossary
- open
- You must open a file before you can read its contents.
- close
- When you are done with a file, you should close it.
- read
- Will read the entire contents of a file as a string. This is often used in an assignment statement
so that a variable can reference the contents of the file.
- readline
- Will read a single line from the file, up to and including the first instance of the newline character.
- readlines
- Will read the entire contents of a file into a list where each line of the file is a string and is an element in the list.
- write
- Will add characters to the end of a file that has been opened for writing.
- absolute file path
- The name of a file that includes a path to the file from the root
directory of a file system. An absolute file path always starts
with a
/.
- relative file path
- The name of a file that includes a path to the file from the current
working directory of a program. An relative file path never starts
with a
/.
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