What does ‘w’, ‘r’, and ‘a’ mean in Python Files Topic?

DDSRY
1 min readAug 30, 2020

Meaning of ‘w’, ‘r’, and ‘a’ in Python Programming Language:

  • It’s really just a string with a character in it for the kind of mode for the
    file.
  • If you use ‘w’, then you are saying “open this file in ‘write mode” — hence
    the ‘w’ character.
  • There’s also ‘r’ for “read,” ‘a’ for append, and modifiers on these.

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