read text file in python

** read text file in python
capability: reading =text= from a text file

1. open the idle text editor
    >>> idle3
2. declare a *string* variable that holds *the path to the text file*, =test.txt=
    >>> strpath="/home/kaiming/documents/python/text/text.dat"
3. open the file using the =open()= function
    >>> f=open(strpath)
4. read the contents of the file using the =read()= function
    >>> strtext=f.read()
5. print out the contents of the file
    >>> print(strtext)

 

refer to

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html