- open
- close
- with
Filehandle using with and not using it
examples/files/open_with.py
filename = 'examples/files/numbers.txt' fh = open(filename, 'r') print(fh) # <open file 'numbers.txt', mode 'r' at 0x107084390> data = fh.read() # do something with the data fh.close() print(fh) # <closed file 'numbers.txt', mode 'r' at 0x107084390> with open(filename, 'r') as fh: print(fh) # <open file 'numbers.txt', mode 'r' at 0x1070840c0> data = fh.read() print(fh) # <closed file 'numbers.txt', mode 'r' at 0x1070840c0>