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with

Opens a file and closes it automatically, even when an exception occurs.

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Syntax

with open(path) as file:

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with open("notes.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    file.write("Hello")
with open("notes.txt", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    print(file.read())

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