Name
readline
Synopsis
f
.readline(size
=-1)
Reads and returns one line from
f
’s file, up to the end
of line (\n
) included. If
size
is greater than or equal to
0
, readline
reads no more than
about size
bytes. In this case, the
returned string may not end with \n
.
\n
may also be absent if
readline
reads up to the end of the file without
finding \n
. readline
returns an
empty string only if the file’s current position is
at the end of the file or if size
equals
0
.
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