About Lesson
Merge two text files into third
# Open a file1 in read mode
with open("file1.txt", "r") as file1:
# Read its content
text1 = file1.read()
# Open a file2 in read mode
with open("file2.txt", "r") as file2:
# Read its content
text2 = file2.read()
# Open a file3 in write mode
with open("file3.txt", "w") as file3:
# Write all the content in file3
file3.write(text1+"n"+text2)
Explanation
In the above program, we have read two files (file1.txt and file2.txt) using open() function and stores it’s output into respective variables i.e. text1 and text2.
Finally, we have copied the content of both variables into file3.txt.
| Mode | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
r |
Read | Opens a file for reading, returns an error if the file does not exist. It is a default mode. |
w |
Write | Opens a file for writing a file, creates the file if it does not exist, or deletes the content of the file if it exists. |