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?

Asked By: Timo

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Answer 1

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 By: PythonNerd

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