[Tutor] read() question

[Ertl, John]

John,

The 'r' is the mode and is used to indicate you are reading the file.  You
could also use 'w' for only writing.  See the attached link for more.  

http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node9.html#SECTION00920000000000000000
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John
-----Original Message-----
From: John Carmona [mailto:jeannot18 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 09:51
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Subject: [Tutor] read() question

MyText = open('The_text.txt','r').read()

In the above line could someone tell me what the 'r' stand for. Many thanks

JC


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