Question

To open a file c:\scores.txt for reading, we use _____________

(a) infile = open(“c:\scores.txt”, “r”)

(b) infile = open(“c:\\scores.txt”, “r”)

(c) infile = open(file = “c:\scores.txt”, “r”)

(d) infile = open(file = “c:\\scores.txt”, “r”)

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Question is from Files in chapter Regular Expressions and Files of Python

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) infile = open(“c:\\scores.txt”, “r”)

Best explanation: Execute help(open) to get more details.