#there are many modes you can open files in. r means read.
file = open('C:\Users\yourname\files\file.txt','r')
text = file.read()
#you can write a string to it, too!
file = open('C:\Users\yourname\files\file.txt','w')
file.write('This is a typical string')
#don't forget to close it afterwards!
file.close()>>> f = open("test.txt",'r',encoding = 'utf-8')
>>> f.read(4) # read the first 4 data
'This'
>>> f.read(4) # read the next 4 data
' is '
>>> f.read() # read in the rest till end of file
'my first file\nThis file\ncontains three lines\n'
>>> f.read() # further reading returns empty sting
''x = open("filename.txt", "r")
print(x.read()) #if file is a txt file this will print the text
#Make sure the file is in the same directory as were your python file is opened in.
#you can also make a var out of your text by doing:
var = x.read() #or
var = open("filename.txt", "r").read()spv = open("example.txt", "r")
print(spv.red())
# r, is to make the file readable but you can have more like: a - w - x - t - bf = open("test.txt", mode='r', encoding='utf-8')import os
os.system('filename.extension')