# Read It
# Demonstrates reading from a text file

print("Opening and closing the file.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
text_file.close()

print("\nReading characters from the file.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
print(text_file.read(1))
print(text_file.read(5))
text_file.close()

print("\nReading the entire file at once.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
whole_thing = text_file.read()
print(whole_thing)
text_file.close()

print("\nReading characters from a line.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
print(text_file.readline(1))
print(text_file.readline(5))
text_file.close()

print("\nReading one line at a time.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
print(text_file.readline())
print(text_file.readline())
print(text_file.readline())
text_file.close()

print("\nReading the entire file into a list.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
lines = text_file.readlines()
print(lines) 
print(len(lines))
for line in lines:
    print(line)
text_file.close()

print("\nLooping through the file, line by line.")
text_file = open("read_it.txt", "r")
for line in text_file:
    print(line)
text_file.close()

input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")