#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

# # StringIO 
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# The StringIO module implements an in-memory file like object. This object can then be used as input or output to most functions that would expect a standard file object.
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# The best way to show this is by example:

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import StringIO


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# Arbitrary String
message = 'This is just a normal string.'


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# Use StringIO method to set as file object
f = StringIO.StringIO(message)


# Now we have an object *f* that we will be able to treat just like a file. For example:

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f.read()


# We can also write to it:

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f.write(' Second line written to file like object')


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# Reset cursor just like you would a file
f.seek(0)


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# Read again
f.read()


# Great! Now you've seen how we can use StringIO to turn normal strings into in-memory file objects in our code. This kind of action has various use cases, especially in web scraping cases where you want to read some string you scraped as a file.
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# For more info on StringIO check out the documentation:https://docs.python.org/2/library/stringio.html