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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Avraham Shukron
Avraham Shukron
19,609 Points
Posted by Avraham Shukron
Avraham Shukron
19,609 Points

Closing a file in Python

The current task is:

"Now close the file so it does not take up memory"

For some reason calling close on the file object is not enough for this quiz... what am I doing wrong?

basics.py 
file_object = open("basics.txt", "r")
data = file_object.read()
file_object.close()
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

This has been raised with Treehouse staff. Stay tuned....

1 Answer