Punkyc7 said:Can a File object alone be used to read a file?
I am thinking it is no because don't you have to use the scanner class to get the data from the file?
I have tried looking for this online but haven't been able to find the answer.
Yes, that would be good to do.Punkyc7 said:I should probably add this is in java
Yes, a file object can be used to read a file. In Python, the open() function returns a file object that can be used to read, write, or manipulate a file.
To read a file using a file object, you can use the read() method. This will return the entire contents of the file as a string.
Yes, you can specify how much of the file you want to read by passing in a number as an argument to the read() method. This will read the specified number of characters from the file.
Yes, you can use the readline() method to read a file line by line. This method will return one line of the file at a time as a string.
Yes, it is important to close the file object after reading a file to free up system resources. You can use the close() method to close the file object.