\r\n or \n notepad editor end line ???

[Max M]

ajikoe at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use windows notepad editor to write text.
> 
> For example I write (in d:\myfile.txt):
> Helo
> World
> 
> If I open it with python:
>   FName = open(d:\myfile.txt,'r')
>   h = FName.readlines()
>   print h
> 
> I get h : ['Helo\n', 'World']
> 
> I thought notepad use \r\n to to end the line.
> 
> What's wrong with it?


Python tries to be clever. Open it in binary mode to avoid it:

FName = open(d:\myfile.txt,'rb')


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