Read every line in a file then save every line as an accessible string-CodePudding

So im reading every line with this code: with open ('file.txt') as f: for line in f:

but i want to save every line as a Global accessible string,any way i can do that? Thanks a lot!

CodePudding user response：

Contents of example file foo.txt :

Hello there

Program :

def can_we_read_it():
    print("Here is the contents:")
    print(foo)


def get_text(*args, **kwargs) -> str:
    with open(*args, **kwargs) as file:
        return file.read()


foo = get_text("foo.txt", "r") # foo is available in the global scope,
                               # it contents 'Hello there' as a string
can_we_read_it()

Content streamed to stdout :

Here is the contents:
Hello there

Ie, we have the string available in the global scope as we have assigned it to a variable.

CodePudding user response：

The most simple way to store file content in accessible string variable is by using this 2 lines of code:

with open("your_file.txt", "r") as file
    content = file.read()

If you want to get a list of lines this is the code that you need:

with open("your_file.txt", "r") as file
    content = file.readlines()