Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be introduced to text files. The focus will be on reading text files, and how the data from a text file can be used within a program. We will be stepped through the key methods that are used for reading text files in Python, before we complete two text file challenges.

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3 Questions

Q1.
A coded message has been created. Solve the message below: +3 FLSKHU
Correct answer: CIPHER
CODED
CRYPTIC
IOVNKX
Q2.
A coded message has been created. Solve the message below: +2 LWNKWU
GENIUS
JULIAN
Correct answer: JULIUS
NYPMYW
Q3.
A coded message has been created. Solve the message below: +4 TCXLUR
CIPHER
Correct answer: PYTHON
SCRIPT
XGBPYV

4 Questions

Q1.
If you want to open a text file in write format, what would you put in the highlighted space in this code?
a
r
r+
Correct answer: w
Q2.
If you want to open a text file and add to that file, what would you put in the highlighted space in this code?
Correct answer: a
r
r+
w
Q3.
If you want to open a text file and read that file, what would you put in the highlighted space in this code?
a
Correct answer: r
r+
w
Q4.
True or False: The readline() method always returns and additional line space at the end of it.
False
Correct answer: True

Lesson appears in

UnitComputing / Programming 6: Dictionaries and datafiles

Computing