Question

Complete a Python function compare_files(fn1,fn2) to compare file1 and file2, if their content are same return True, otherwise return False. should start with def compare_files(f1,f2):

myf3.txt contains:

a
b
c
d

myf2.txt contains:

A
B
C
D

myf1.txt contains:

a
b
c
d

Answer 1

def compare_files(fn1, fn2):
    try:
        f1 = open(fn1)
        f2 = open(fn2)
        data1 = f1.read()
        data2 = f2.read()
        f1.close()
        f2.close()
        return data1.strip() == data2.strip()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        return False


print(compare_files('myf3.txt', 'myf2.txt'))
print(compare_files('myf3.txt', 'myf1.txt'))