How to do virtual file processing?

Question

So for creating files I use the following:

fileHandle = open(\'fileName\', \'w\')

then write the contents to the file, close the file. In t

Answer 1

There is the StringIO module, read its documentation, it should be easy to use.

Bear in mind, though, that this would keep the "file's" contents in memory. If you have too much data, it would probably be better to create a real file, e.g. in /tmp, and delete it afterwards.