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      "What is Python language?                                                \n",
      "\n",
      "Python is a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than possible in \n",
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    "# Write a Python program to read first n lines of a file.\n",
    "# Use test.txt file\n",
    "\n",
    "def file_read_from_head(fname, nlines):\n",
    "        from itertools import islice\n",
    "        with open(fname) as f:\n",
    "                for line in islice(f, nlines):\n",
    "                        print(line)\n",
    "                        \n",
    "file_read_from_head('test.txt',2)"
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