def combine_files(*args):
    """returns a string of all the strings in *args combined together,
    with two line breaks between them"""
    file_contents = []
    for filename in args:
        with codecs.open(filename, mode='r', encoding='utf8') as f:
            file_contents.append(f.read())
    return "\n\n".join(file_contents)
def combine_files(*args):
    """returns a string of all the strings in *args combined together,
    with two line breaks between them"""
    file_contents = []
    for filename in args:
        with codecs.open(filename, mode='r', encoding='utf8') as f:
            file_contents.append(f.read())
    return "\n\n".join(file_contents)
def combine_files ( * args ) : file_contents = [ ] for filename in args : with codecs . open ( filename , mode = 'r' , encoding = 'utf8' ) as f : file_contents . append ( f . read ( ) ) return "\n\n" . join ( file_contents )
returns a string of all the strings in *args combined together,
    with two line breaks between them
returns a string of all the strings in * args combined together with two line breaks between them