Question

You want to ensure a file is always closed after reading, even if an error occurs. Which code correctly uses try-except-finally to do this?

Accepted Answer

file = open('data.txt')
try:
    data = file.read()
except IOError:
    print('Read error')
finally:
    file.close()

Answer

try:
    file = open('data.txt')
    data = file.read()
except IOError:
    print('Read error')
finally:
    file.close()

Answer

try:
    file = open('data.txt')
    data = file.read()
finally:
    file.close()
except IOError:
    print('Read error')

Answer

file = open('data.txt')
try:
    data = file.read()
finally:
    file.close()
except IOError:
    print('Read error')

You want to ensure a file is always closed after reading, even if an error occurs. Which code correctly uses try-except-finally to do this?

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