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# Python File readlines() Method

## Description:

This method read until EOF using readline() and return a list containing the lines. If the optional sizehint argument is present, instead of reading up to EOF, whole lines totalling approximately sizehint bytes (possibly after rounding up to an internal buffer size) are read.

## Syntax:

    fileObject.readlines( sizehint );

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- sizehint: This is the number of bytes to be read from the file.

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    # Open a file
    fo = open("foo.txt", "r")
    print "Name of the file: ", fo.name

    # Assuming file has following 5 lines
    # This is 1st line
    # This is 2nd line
    # This is 3rd line
    # This is 4th line
    # This is 5th line

    line = fo.readlines()
    print "Read Line: %s" % (line)

    line = fo.readlines(2)
    print "Read Line: %s" % (line)

    # Close opend file
    fo.close()

This produces following result:

    Name of the file:  foo.txt
    Read Line: ['This is 1st line\n', 'This is 2nd line\n',
                'This is 3rd line\n', 'This is 4th line\n',
                'This is 5th line\n']
    Read Line: []

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