[Solved] What will be the output of this code?f = open('data.txt', 'r') content = f.read() f.close() print(type(content)) | Python

Python - File Handling Fundamentals

What will be the output of this code?

f = open('data.txt', 'r')
content = f.read()
f.close()
print(type(content))

A<class 'bytes'>

BNone

CError

D<class 'str'>

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Understand read() return type
Reading a file in text mode returns a string.
Step 2: Check type of content
content is a string, so type(content) is <class 'str'>.
Final Answer:
<class 'str'> -> Option D
Quick Check:
read() in text mode returns str = B [OK]

Quick Trick: read() returns string in text mode, bytes in binary mode [OK]

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