myfile_content is an object and you have only opened the file. Python
doesn't yet know whether you want to read it, copy it etc.
to read it try
text = myfile_content.readlines()
print text
this should be in most tutorials
Wijaya Edward wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can we slurp content of a single file
> into one variable?
>
> I tried this:
>
> >>> myfile_content = open('somefile.txt')
> >>> print myfile_content,
> <open file 'somefile.txt', mode 'r' at 0xb7f532e0>
> >>>
>
> But it doesn't print the content of the file.
>
> Regards,
> -- Edward WIJAYA
> SINGAPORE
>
>
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