Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn what CSV files are and how to use them. We will also learn how to read data into a list and a 2D list. Finally, we will complete a challenge working with the data.

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3 Questions

Q1.
True or False: You should always close a file once you have finished accessing and modifying it.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
True or False: Opening a file in write mode will always create a new file or overwrite an existing file.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
True or False: There is not a separate append method for text files.
False
Correct answer: True

3 Questions

Q1.
True or False: A CSV File is a text file
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
What string method can you use to remove unwanted pieces of data?
delete()
remove()
string()
Correct answer: strip()
Q3.
True or False: The split() method splits the string where it finds a space " " and returns it in a list.
False
Correct answer: True

Lesson appears in

UnitComputing / Programming 6: Dictionaries and datafiles

Computing