{"id":125595,"date":"2022-06-10T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/?p=410360"},"modified":"2022-06-10T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:51:08","slug":"how-to-erase-contents-of-a-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/10\/how-to-erase-contents-of-a-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Erase Contents of a File"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Problem Formulation and Solution Overview<\/h2>\n

In this article, you’ll learn how to erase the contents of a file in Python.<\/p>\n

To make it more fun, we have the following running scenario:<\/p>\n

Let’s say you have a Python script that retrieves the daily stock exchange prices for five (5) Tech Companies and saves it to prices.txt<\/code>. To ensure no mistakes, you would like to erase the contents of this file before saving the latest data.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udcac\" Question<\/strong>: How would we write code to erase the contents of a file?<\/em><\/p>\n

We can accomplish this task by one of the following options:<\/p>\n