:#Next, issue the following commands to read data from the buffer of the opened file and store that data the contents into the a variable called "read_data", and then confirm the contents of the variable "read_data:<source lang="python">

</source>:#<br>Prior to closing the file, you should close the file in order to free up the computer resources. First lets check to see if the file is already closed. <br><br>:#Issue the following object attribute will provide a boolean value if the file is closed (true) or open (false):<source lang="python">