[FIXED] Why does the next line get printed when I call readline() multiple times instead of printing the first line

Issue

Please explain how the readline() method is different from the readlines()

f = open("demofile.txt", "r")
print(f.readline())
print(f.readline())

Solution

The readline method reads one line from the file and returns it as a string. The string returned by readline will contain the newline character at the end. The readlines method returns the contents of the entire file as a list of strings, where each item in the list represents one line of the file.

Answered By - jengelbells

Answer Checked By - David Marino (PHPFixing Volunteer)