[Tutor] File access codes in Python

[Andrei Kulakov]

On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 07:59:05PM -0500, Henry Steigerwaldt wrote:
> To All:
> 
> In Tcl, one can open a file for reading, writing, and both reading AND writing. 
> 
> However, in Python, it appears from the book I have, and from some online
> information, that one does not have the option to open a file for BOTH reading
> and writing.
> 
> Is this true? If it is, it complicates the situation. One should not have to open
> a program TWICE, just to read the file at one point, and then write to the same
> file at some other point in the program.  
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Henry Steigerwaldt
> Hermitage, TN
> Email:  hsteiger@comcast.net
>
Yeah, you can do that:

f = open("test", 'r+')

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