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In Python, the write() method is used to write text or binary data to a file. It takes a string as a parameter and writes the contents of the string to the file. This method writes the data at the current position in the file, and moves the file pointer to the next position so that it does not overwrite previous content when writing data again. If the file does not exist, a new file will be created and the data will be written to it. If the file already exists, it will overwrite the content in the file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Python, the write() method is used to write text or binary data to a file. It takes a string as a parameter and writes the contents of the string to the file. 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