Question

Differentiate between r+ and w+ file modes in Python.

Answer 1

r+ mode:

• Primary function is reading.
• File pointer is at beginning of file.
• if the file does not exist, it results in an error.

w+ mode:

• primary function is writing.
• If the file does not exist, it creates a new file.
• If the file exists, previous data is overwritten.
• File pointer is at the beginning of file.