Python - Strings como Arquivos

Ao ler um arquivo, ele é lido como um dicionário com vários elementos. Assim, podemos acessar cada linha do arquivo usando o índice do elemento. No exemplo abaixo, temos um arquivo que possui várias linhas e essas linhas se tornam elementos individuais do arquivo.

with open ("Path\GodFather.txt", "r") as BigFile:
    data=BigFile.readlines()
# Print each line
	for i in range(len(data)):
    print "Line No- ",i 
    print data[i]

Quando executamos o programa acima, obtemos a seguinte saída -

Line No-  0
Vito Corleone is the aging don (head) of the Corleone Mafia Family. 
Line No-  1
His youngest son Michael has returned from WWII just in time to see the wedding of Connie Corleone (Michael's sister) to Carlo Rizzi. 
Line No-  2
All of Michael's family is involved with the Mafia, but Michael just wants to live a normal life. Drug dealer Virgil Sollozzo is looking for Mafia families to offer him protection in exchange for a profit of the drug money. 
Line No-  3
He approaches Don Corleone about it, but, much against the advice of the Don's lawyer Tom Hagen, the Don is morally against the use of drugs, and turns down the offer.
Line No-  4
This does not please Sollozzo, who has the Don shot down by some of his hit men. 
Line No-  5
The Don barely survives, which leads his son Michael to begin a violent mob war against Sollozzo and tears the Corleone family apart.

Arquivo como uma string

Mas todo o conteúdo do arquivo pode ser lido como uma única string removendo o caractere de nova linha e usando a função de leitura conforme mostrado abaixo. No resultado, não existem várias linhas.

with open("Path\GodFather.txt", 'r') as BigFile:
    data=BigFile.read().replace('\n', '')
	
# Verify the string type 
	print type(data)
	
# Print the file content
    print data

Quando executamos o programa acima, obtemos a seguinte saída -

        Vito Corleone is the aging don (head) of the Corleone Mafia Family. His youngest son Michael has returned from WWII just in time to see the wedding of Connie Corleone (Michael's sister) to Carlo Rizzi. All of Michael's family is involved with the Mafia, but Michael just wants to live a normal life. Drug dealer Virgil Sollozzo is looking for Mafia families to offer him protection in exchange for a profit of the drug money. He approaches Don Corleone about it, but, much against the advice of the Don's lawyer Tom Hagen, the Don is morally against the use of drugs, and turns down the offer.This does not please Sollozzo, who has the Don shot down by some of his hit men. The Don barely survives, which leads his son Michael to begin a violent mob war against Sollozzo and tears the Corleone family apart.