readlines

the readlines method reads all lines from a file.

we use readlines to store text content in a list.

you should close the file after using readlines.

each element in the list returned by readlines includes a newline character.

use a loop to iterate over the result of readlines.

the readlines function is useful for processing small files.

do not use readlines to read very large files.

call readlines on the file object to get the data.

sometimes readlines keeps unwanted blank lines at the end.

combine strip with readlines to remove whitespace.

python beginners often learn readlines before other methods.

the readlines method accepts an optional size hint argument.