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Differentiate between write() and writelines().
Python File Handling
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| write() | writelines() |
|---|---|
| The write() method is used to write a single string to a file. | The writelines() method is used to write multiple strings to a file. |
| The write() method takes a string as an argument. | The writelines() method takes an iterable object like lists, tuple, etc. containing strings as an argument. |
| The write() method returns the number of characters written on to the file. | The writelines() method does not return the number of characters written in the file. |
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