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Define function to Open a file

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("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")         sys.exit()     else:         return the_file trivia_file = open_file("trivia.txt", "r")