Read a file using Path.read_text in Python - Good bye with-open-read code

Python Path.read_text function can substitute the traditional with-open way.

from pathlib import Path

p = Path(__file__).parent / 'data' / 'a.html'
c = p.read_text()

print(p.as_posix())
# /Users/serif/python/test/data/a.html

print(c)
'''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head><title>Title</title></head>
<body></body>
</html>
'''

p is a PosixPath object representing the path of a.html. Once you get the path object, you can read the content without with statement.

read_text is very useful and supported from Python 3.5. Avoid writing with-open-read code only to read files.

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