Python – Read Lines from Text File – Lab Core

Tested on a Mac, 10.12.6.

import os.path

textFile = "/Users/Shared/TextFile.txt"
doesFileExist=os.path.isfile(textFile)
if doesFileExist == True:
file = open(textFile,"r")
lines=file.read().splitlines()
global line1
global line2
line1 = lines[0]
line2 = lines[1]
file.close()

Notes

https://docs.python.org/3/

Mode	Description
‘r’	This is the default mode. It Opens file for reading.
‘w’	This Mode Opens file for writing. If file does not exist, it creates a new file. If file exists it truncates the file.
‘x’	Creates a new file. If file already exists, the operation fails.
‘a’	Open file in append mode. If file does not exist, it creates a new file.
‘t’	This is the default mode. It opens in text mode.
‘b’	This opens in binary mode.
‘+’	This will open a file for reading and writing (updating)