Opening/reading files. %%writefile vs with open method

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

Post Body

So I’m just starting a beginner python course on Udemy called “2020 complete python Bootcamp: from zero to hero in python”. It’s going great but I want to make sure I’m understanding the difference between two ways of opening and reading txt/CSV files.

The course has me do the whole %%writefile newfile.txt method, but then switches to “with open (“newfile.txt”, mode = “w”) as f:

The second one is described as you don’t need to close the file.

Can’t you create a file with either one? I’m not quite understanding the application differences between the two I guess.

Any help is appreciated!

Author

Account Strength

90%

Account Age

5 years

Verified Email

Yes

Verified Flair

Total Karma

1,742

Link Karma

937

Comment Karma

805

Profile updated: 1 day ago

Posts updated: 3 months ago

Dylanb993

Subreddit

r/learnpython

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.

Posted: 3 years ago
Reddit URL: View post on reddit.com
External URL: reddit.com/r/learnpython...