# PROGRAM FileReader NameOfFile = str(input("What File would you like to read: ")) PathName = "C:\\Python34\\" Extension = ".txt" FullFileName = PathName + NameOfFile + Extension NumberOfChars = int(input("How many characters do you want to print out: ")) file_pointer = open(FullFileName, "r") print(file_pointer.read(NumberOfChars)) file_pointer.close() # END.