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

Question

I use the following code segment to read a file in python: with open ("data.txt", "r") as myfile: data=myfile.readlines()Input file is:<!-- language: lang-none --> LLKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNN GGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEand when I print data I get<!-- language: lang-none --> ['LLKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNN\\n', 'GGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEE']As I see data is in `list` form. How do I make it string? And also how do I remove the `"\\n"`, `"["`, and `"]"` characters from it?

Answer 1

file = open(filename, 'r')

data = file.readlines()

for i in range(len(data)):

data[i] = data[i].rstrip()

new_string = "".join(data) .

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