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Tell Function In Python

In this article, we will discuss the "tell" function of the file object in python.

Purpose

"tell()" function returns the current position of the file object. Initial position of the file object is zero.

Consider the following code

myfile = open("c:\\temp\\gyan.txt", "w")
myfile.write("Hi")


print(myfile.tell())

myfile.close()

In the above code, we are creating the new file and writing the content "Hi" in the file.

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