How to open a file using the with statement

To open a file using the with statement in Python, you can use the with keyword followed by the open() function. The with statement is preferred over just using open() because it automatically handles closing the file once you are finished with it, even if an error occurs. Here’s an example:

with open('filename.txt', 'r') as f:
    data = f.read()
    # Do something with the file data here

In this example, we use the with statement to open the file filename.txt in read mode using the open() function. The file object f is created and assigned to the variable f. Then, we read the contents of the file using the read() method and store it in the variable data. We can then use data to perform any further operations on the file contents.

Once we leave the code block, the with statement automatically closes the file, ensuring that any resources used by it are freed.