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Define file open and read in a function



import sys
       
def open_file(file_name, mode):
    """Open a file."""
    try:
        the_file = open(file_name, mode)
    except(IOError), e:
        print "Unable to open the file", file_name, "Ending program.n", e
        raw_input("nnPress the enter key to exit.")
        sys.exit()
    else:
        return the_file


def next_line(the_file):
    """Return next line from the trivia file, formatted."""
    line = the_file.readline()
    line = line.replace("/", "n")
    return line

trivia_file = open_file("trivia.txt", "r")
title = next_line(trivia_file)

print title