Contextmanager ex

Question

Making file open function as a context manager.

Solution

from contextlib import contextmanager

@contextmanager
def opened(filename, mode="r"):
    f = open(filename, mode)
    try:
        yield f
    finally:
        f.close()

with opened("toss_coins.py") as f:
    for line in f:
        print(line.strip())

Explanation

See also

• Suggest a Code Improvement:design_contextmanager_ex.py

• Suggest a better explanation for design_contextmanager_ex.rst

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