How to read specific words in text file using Python

Question

Say I have a text file and inside is the following:

Hello my name is John.

Using the Python function for reading

data = open("test.txt", "r")
print("data.readline(2 - 4))

How to I read only from the second character (e) to the fourth (l). So when I run the program it prints "ell"

Answer 1

Try it like this:

f = open("test.txt", "r")
f.seek(1)
print(f.read(3))

seek(1) is move to position of the first byte in file, and read(3) is read the following 3 bytes.

Answer 2

with open("test.txt", "r") as file:
    for line in file:
        print(line[1:4])

Answer 3

You can use the read() method to do it like this:

data = open("test.txt", "r")
print(data.read(4)[1:])