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>>> f.write(s) |
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``f.tell()`` returns an integer giving the file object's current position in the |
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file, measured in bytes from the beginning of the file. To change the file |
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object's position, use ``f.seek(offset, from_what)``. The position is computed |
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``f.tell()`` returns an integer giving the file object's current position in the file |
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represented as number of bytes from the beginning of the file when in `binary mode` and |
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an opaque number when in `text mode`. |
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To change the file object's position, use ``f.seek(offset, from_what)``. The position is computed |
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from adding *offset* to a reference point; the reference point is selected by |
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the *from_what* argument. A *from_what* value of 0 measures from the beginning |
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of the file, 1 uses the current file position, and 2 uses the end of the file as |
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In text files (those opened without a ``b`` in the mode string), only seeks |
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relative to the beginning of the file are allowed (the exception being seeking |
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to the very file end with ``seek(0, 2)``). |
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to the very file end with ``seek(0, 2)``) and the only valid *offset* values are |
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those returned from the ``f.tell()``, or zero. Any other *offset* value produces |
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undefined behaviour. |
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When you're done with a file, call ``f.close()`` to close it and free up any |
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system resources taken up by the open file. After calling ``f.close()``, |
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