Opening a file: To open a file in Python, we use the open() function. The syntax of open() is as follows: file_object= open (file_name, access_mode) Closing a file: Once we are done with the read/write operations on a file, it is a good practice to close the file. Python provides a close() method to do so. While closing a file, the system frees the memory allocated to it. The syntax of close() is: file_object.close() Opening a file using with clause: The advantage of using with clause is that any file that is opened using this clause is closed automatically, once the control comes outside the with clause. In case the user forgets to close the file explicitly or if an exception occurs, the file is closed automatically. Also, it provides a simpler syntax. with open (“myfile.txt”,”r+”) as myObject: ...