Working with files in Python
Files in Python
slide 1
What You Need In Order To Read
Information From A File
1. Open the file and associate the file with a file variable.
2. A command to read the information.
3. A command to close the file.
slide 2
1. Opening Files
Prepares the file for reading:
A. Links the file variable with the physical file (references to the file
variable are references to the physical file).
B. Positions the file pointer at the start of the file.
Format:1
= open(, "r")
Example:
(Constant file name)
inputFile = open("data.txt", "r")
OR
(Variable file name: entered by user at runtime)
filename = input("Enter name of input file: ")
inputFile = open(filename, "r")
slide 3
1 Examples assume that the file is in the same directory/folder as the Python program.
B. Positioning The File Pointer
letters.txt
A
B
C
B
B
:
slide 4
2. Reading Information From Files
? Typically reading is done within the body of a loop
? Each execution of the loop will read a line from the file into a
string
Format:
for in :
Example:
for line in inputFile:
print(line) # Echo file contents back onscreen
slide 5
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