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Function Details: readlines

Description

Read and return a list of lines from the stream.

Extended Description

The readlines() method reads all the lines of a file and returns them as a list of strings. Each string in the list represents a single line from the file, including the newline character. If a hint is specified, it reads approximately that many bytes before returning the list.

Function Signature

Module: io

Class: TextIOWrapper

Parameters

Parameter List

hint: int

Return

Returns a list of strings, each representing a line from the file.

Return Type

List[str]

Output

Explanation

This example demonstrates the basic usage of readlines(). It reads all lines from the file into a list.