Class 12 Computer Science — Chapter 2: File Handling in Python
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What you'll learn
- ▸Purpose of File Handling
- ▸Text vs. Binary Files
- ▸Opening Files using the open() function
- ▸File Access Modes
- ▸Closing Files and the 'with' Statement
- ▸Writing to a Text File
- ▸Reading from a Text File
- ▸File Pointer and Offsets
- ▸The Pickle Module
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- Chapter 2 File Handling in Python There are many ways of trying to understand programs. People often rely too much on one way, which is called "debugging" and consists of running a partly- understood program to see if it does what you expected. Another way, which ML advocates, is to install some means of understanding in the very programs themselves. — Robin Milner In this Chapter » Introduction to Files » Types of Files » Opening and Closing a Text File » Writing to a Text File » Reading from a Text File » Setting Offsets in a File » Creating and Traversing a Text File » The Pickle Module 2.1 INTRODUCTION TO FILES We have so far created programs in Python that accept the input, manipulate it and display the output. But that output is available only during execution of the program and input is to be entered through the keyboard. This is because the variables used in a program have a lifetime that lasts till the time the program is under execution. What if we wa…
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Did you know?
- 💡 Ancient Egyptians stored important 'files' on papyrus scrolls over 3,000 years ago.
- 💡 All digital photos, songs, and videos are secretly just long lists of zeros and ones.
- 💡 The letter 'A' you read on a screen is really a hidden number like 65 to your computer.
- 💡 Early computers forgot everything when unplugged, unlike modern files that save forever.
- 💡 Changing just one tiny bit in a computer file can make a whole picture look like nonsense.
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