File operations in any programming is very essential. Files are used to save and transfer data. They can be of any form, a text file or a media file. They all serve the same purpose. Here you will learn about the various methods of file operations in Python programming language.
Python provides us with various file operations. A file can be created, edited, read and even copied.

Creating a file

To create a file, we need an object to store the file in. Here the role of object is to create a reference of the file.

Syntax :
object = open('file_name', 'mode')

After all the desired operations are done, you need to close the file as well. This is done to save the file without properly.
Syntax :
object.close()

While creating or opening a file, we need to enter the mode that we want it to open in. Some of the modes are :

Example :

Output : Hello!, My name is Jake.

The above example is of creating a file and printing it.