How can I assign the contents of a .txt file to a string variable in Python?

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I have a text file path stored in a variable called settings_data_path and I want to take whatever is in that text file and put it into a string variable, in this instance, limited_n_ints . So I opened the file and put it in a variable using

settings_data = open(settings_data_path, "r")
limited_n_ints = (settings_data.read())
print(limited_n_ints)
settings_data.close()

Whenever I open the data path with w+ and write something in the file, everything worked fine. However, when I print limited_n_ints, nothing shows up. Does anyone know how to store this file in a variable?

Above code is correct, it's printing the content of the text file for me — MKP
– MKP, Commented Dec 3, 2019 at 22:54
@JohnGordon the file is not empty, I checked it before trying to read it, and the file path is correct. — Timo
– Timo, Commented Dec 3, 2019 at 23:13
I stand by my statement. If that code does not raise an error and just prints nothing, then the file was empty. If you viewed the file in notepad and it had contents, then that wasn't the same file being opened in the code. — John Gordon
– John Gordon, Commented Dec 3, 2019 at 23:48

PythonNerd · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-03 22:51:19Z

3

Try

setting_data = open('inventory.4.txt', 'r')
lines = setting_data.readlines()
limited_n_ints = ''
for i in lines:
  limited_n_ints = limited_n_ints + i
print(limited_n_ints)

answered Dec 3, 2019 at 22:51

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