File Processing


Opening a file
syntax:  <filevar> = open(<name>, <mode>)
example: infile = open("numbers.dat", "r")

Reading from file
syntax:  <filevar>.read()
         <filevar>.readline()
         <filevar>.readlines()
example: data = infile.read()

Writing to file
syntax:  <filevar>.write(<string>)
example: outfile.write(data)