Read from a file in Python
To work with a text file in Python, you can use the built-in open function, which gives you back a file object. Reading from and writing to text files is an important skill.
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00:00 Opening and reading a text file in Python
00:40 Closing files manually using the close method
01:30 Using a with block to automatically close the file
02:26 Recap: use the open function and a "with" block to read from a file