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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab Lab 6: Working With Files I/O

This document discusses tasks for working with file input/output (I/O) in Python. It provides code examples for reading and writing to text files, including opening and closing files, reading/writing lines of text, counting words and lines, and prompting a user for input to write to a file. The tasks demonstrate printing a file in uppercase, counting words and lines, creating a new file with user-provided text, and appending user entries to an existing to-do list file.

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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab Lab 6: Working With Files I/O

This document discusses tasks for working with file input/output (I/O) in Python. It provides code examples for reading and writing to text files, including opening and closing files, reading/writing lines of text, counting words and lines, and prompting a user for input to write to a file. The tasks demonstrate printing a file in uppercase, counting words and lines, creating a new file with user-provided text, and appending user entries to an existing to-do list file.

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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab

Lab 6: Working with Files I/O


NOTE:

In the following tasks, for the sake of conveniece, your Python code and the text files it is
referencing (reading or writing) should be in the same directory.

For the tasks in this lab, create and save a file called data.txt by copying and pasting
the following content. Save the file data.txt in the same folder/directory as your
Python code.

data.txt

Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-


oriented, imperative and functional programming or procedural styles.
It features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management
and has a large and comprehensive standard library.The best way we
learn anything is by practice and exercise questions. We have started
this section for those (beginner to intermediate) who are familiar
with Python.

Task 1
Write a program that reads a text file, and prints it line by line but in ALL CAPS.

In [1]:
# Open the file
fhandle = open("data.txt")

# Get each line,


# remove any whitespaces from both ends,
# and change to upper case
for line in fhandle:
print(line.strip().upper())

# Close the file


fhandle.close()

PYTHON SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS, INCLUDING OBJECT-


ORIENTED, IMPERATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING OR PROCEDURAL STYLES.
IT FEATURES A DYNAMIC TYPE SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT
AND HAS A LARGE AND COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD LIBRARY.THE BEST WAY WE
LEARN ANYTHING IS BY PRACTICE AND EXERCISE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE STARTED
THIS SECTION FOR THOSE (BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE) WHO ARE FAMILIAR
WITH PYTHON.

Task 2
Write a program that reads a file a text file, and counts the number of words in the file.

In [2]:
# Open the file
fhandle = open("data.txt")

# Read the entire content of the file


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data = fhandle.read()

# Split the text into words; returns a list of words


words = data.split()

# Print the length of the above list


print("Number of words in the file: ", len(words))

# Close the file


fhandle.close()

Number of words in the file: 59

Task 3
Write a program that counts the number of lines in a text file.

In [3]:
# Open the file
f = open('data.txt')

# Read the file contents


data = f.read()

# Split the content into lines; returs a list of lines


lines = data.splitlines()

# To get the number of lines, find the length of the above list
print("The number of lines in the file: ", len(lines))

The number of lines in the file: 7

Task 4
Write a program that asks the user for a filename and a message. The program creates a
new file and saves the message in the file.

In [4]:
fname = input("Enter new file name: ")
msg = input("Enter your message: ")

f = open(fname, 'w')
f.write(msg)
f.close()

print("Your file has been created and your message is saved in the file.")

Enter new file name: newfile.txt


Enter your message: hello world
Your file has been created and your message is saved in the file.

Task 5
Write a program that repeatedly asks the user for a to-do item, and appends it to a file
called todos.txt . When the user enters quit the program ends.

In [5]:
f = open('todos.txt', 'a')

while True:
todo = input("Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): ")

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if todo.lower() == 'quit':
break
f.write(todo + '\n')

# Make sure to close the file


f.close()

print("All your todo items are saved in the file: todos.txt")

Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): fix computer
Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): complete assignment
Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): buy tickets
Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): pay bills
Enter your to-do item (or enter quit to stop): quit
All your todo items are saved in the file: todos.txt

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