How to read a text file into a string variable and strip newlines?

Question

I used the below code to read a file in Python:

with open ("data.txt", "r") as myfile:

    data=myfile.readlines()

Input file is:

LLKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNN

GGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEE

and when I print data I get

['LLKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNN\n', 'GGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEE']

As I see data is in list form. How do I make it string? Also, how can I remove the characters, "\n", "[", and "]" from this output?

Answer 1

You could use:

with open('data.txt', 'r') as f:

    results = f.read().replace('\n', '')

Answer 2

You can read from a file in one line in Python:

str = open('very_Important.txt', 'r').read()

Please note that this does not close the file explicitly.