The content of the file hAs been overwritten. How. Where. WhAt exActly

Question

file = open("newfile.txt", "w")
file.write("Some new text")
file.close()

file = open("newfile.txt", "r")
print("Reading new contents")
print(file.read())
print("Finished")
file.close() PLEASE REFER TO PYTHON CORE>>>EXCEPTION>>>8.1WRITING FILES TOPIC IN PYTHON CORE

Answer 1

When you open a file in write mode:

file = open("new_file.txt", 'w')
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That 'w' means write mode. It will overwrite whatever is in the opened file. If you want to add to existing text, use 'a' (append mode).