[Tutor] new to python

[Anish Tambe]

> for line in file:

This line is not required as the you have opened your file to 'f'.
'file' is a built-in class. Type -
help(file)
on the interpreter to know more about it.

>     for line in f:
>         print(line.rstripe())
>         f.close()

Are you sure that you need to close the file after reading each line?

>
> I want to try the different methods of opening files and reading them.
and processing the data.  from there I will then start with writing to
files.

Bonus : read about the 'with' keyword.

> any idea why that does not work?

When you say the code does not work, you should provide the exact error or
stacktrace that you see.

Thanks,
Anish