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# Python3.x Python3 File next() Method
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### Overview
**The File object in Python 3 does not support the next() method.**
The built-in function next() in Python 3 calls the __next__() method on an iterator to return the next item. In a loop, the next() method is called in each iteration, returning the next line of the file. If the end of the file (EOF) is reached, a _StopIteration_ exception is raised.
### Syntax
The syntax for the next() method is as follows:
next(iterator[,default])
### Parameters
* **None**
### Return Value
Returns the next line of the file.
### Example
The following example demonstrates the use of the next() method:
The content of the file tutorial.txt is as follows:
This is line one line This is line two line This is line three line This is line four line This is line 5
Looping through the file content:
#!/usr/bin/python3# Open Files fo = open("tutorial.txt", "r")print ("Filesnamed: ", fo.name)for index in range(5): line = next(fo) print ("Line %d line - %s" % (index, line))# Close Files fo.close()
The output of the above example is:
Filesnamed: tutorial.txt Line 0 - This is line 1 - This is line 2 - This is line 3 - This is line 4 - This is line 5
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