reading in file python says its a string

Asked Oct 17 '16 at 22:50

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I'm trying to read in a file in Python. I have:

file_object = open("CourseEnrollment.txt", "r")
print file.read("CourseEnrollment.txt", 5)

I know I have the text file in the right place, but when I try this it says it's receiving a string instead of a file. How do I change this?

edited Oct 17 '16 at 22:55

melpomene

asked Oct 17 '16 at 22:50

Gary_LazerEyes

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What are you trying to do exactly? Because calling `read` on a file object returns a string of your file contents. – idjaw Oct 17 '16 at 22:51
maybe you want print(file_object[5])? Although as @idjaw suggests, some more information on what you are trying to do would be helpful. – GeoMonkey Oct 17 '16 at 22:54
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What's the actual error message? – melpomene Oct 17 '16 at 22:55
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Recommended: `with open("CourseEnrollment.txt") as file_object:`, then you can `file_object.read()` – OneCricketeer Oct 17 '16 at 22:55
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Please post the exact error text. Was it `"TypeError: descriptor 'read' requires a 'file' object but received a 'str'"`? – tdelaney Oct 17 '16 at 23:05

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