python - Read text file as a whole -

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i need help. want read text file "as whole" , not line line. because doing line line regex doesn't work well, needs whole text. far being doing:

with open(r"alltext.txt") fp:     line in fp:         in re.finditer(regexp_v3, line):             print i.group()

i need open file, read all, search if regex , print results. how can accomplish this?

for use read:

with open("alltext.txt") fp:     whole_file_text = fp.read()

note however, test contain \n new-line used in text.

for example, if text file:

#alltext.txt hello how

your whole_file_text string follows:

>>> whole_file_text 'hello\nhow\nare\nyou'

you can either of following:

>>> whole_file_text.replace('\n', ' ') 'hello how you'  >>> whole_file_text.replace('\n', '') 'hellohowareyou'

Brazzel