accessing a text file

[Seth Rees]

On 09/05/10 16:47, Baba wrote:
> level: beginner
> 
> how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
> 
> i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
> file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
> the TXT file is stored in the same directory as the PY file.
> 
> def is_valid_word(word, word_list)
> 
> 
> thanks
> Baba

   f = open('text.txt')
   data = f.read()
   # You may want to convert it to a list
   data = data.split()
   # Returns true if word is in data, false otherwise
   word in data