04/07/2022 Monday
File Handling
I/P → Process → O/P
Keyboard Monitor (console)
File Monitor
Keyboard File
File File
I/P from file → Reading a file
O/P to file → Writing to a file
Opening a file
Read / write
Traversing a file
Closing the file
Types of Files:
1. Text Files → .txt, .rtf
2. Binary Files → .dat, .bin, .raw
3. CSV Files → Comma Separated Values
Text File Binary File
Data is stored in ASCII format Data is store in binary format
Varying length record Fixed Length record
Single Mode operation Mixed Mode Operation
Forward Traversal Forward and Backward traversing
supported
16705 → 16705 → AA
1 →1 → ^A
01000001 01000001
65 65
A A
1
00000000 00000001
0 1
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05/07/2022 → Tuesday
Path
Absolute Path → starts from root, includes drive letter
Relative Path → does not include root
C:\
E:\
\ .. name
C:\----
|
+ ---- Data
| |
| + ----Python
| story.txt
+----- Programs
|
+ --- Games
|
+---- XII Project
Myproj.py
file = open(“Story.txt”, “r”)
c:\Data\Python\Story.txt
..\..\data\Story.txt
file = open(“c:\\Data\\Python\\Story.txt”, “r”)
file = open(“..\\..\\data\\Story.txt”, “r”)
opening a file
open(filename, mode= ‘r’)
closing the file
filehandle.close()
file.close()
myfile.close()
Modes
r → read (input)
w → write (output)
a → append (output)
b → binary
+ → spouse
r+b rb+ br+ +rb b+r
r → Read / file must exists
w → Write / create a new file
file exists → delete old data and creates a new file
file doesn’t exists → Create a new file
a → Append (Write) / Adds data to the endfile
file exists → adds data at the end of the file
file doesn’t exists → Create a new file
read → read a character / string
readline → string
readlines → List of string
file = open(“filename.txt”, “r”)
s = file.read()
s = file.read(10)
s = file.readline()
s = file.readline(20)
l = file.readlines()
l = file.readlines(200)
file.close()
write
writeline
12/07/2022 → Online
class Students:
def __init__(self, nm='', cl='', mk=0.0):
self.Name = nm
self.Class = cl
self.Marks = mk
def show(self):
print('Name: %-30s\tClass: %-5s\tMarks: %5.1f' %(self.Name,
self.Class, self.Marks))
a = Students()
b = Students('Pavan', 'XII', 76.567)
a.show()
b.show()
13/07/2022 → Binary File
import pickle
file = open(“filename.dat”, “rb”)
# read
data = pickle.load(file)
# write
pickle.dump(data, file)
file.close()
#program to write student data
import pickle
file = open(“student.dat”, “ab”)
lst = [1, “pavan”, 75.5]
pickle.dump(lst, file)
lst = [2, “anil”, 74, “science”]
pickle.dump(lst, file)
file.close()
import pickle
file = (“student.dat”, “rb”)
data = pickle.load(file)
print(data)
data1= pickle.load(file)
print(data1)
data2 = pickle.load(file) → error
s = file.read(1)
while s:
print(s)
s = file.read()
import pickle
file = open(“student.dat”, “rb”)
while True:
try:
data = pickle.load(file)
print(data)
except EOFError:
break
14/07/2022 → Thursday
class Student :
def __init__(self, rno=0, name=””, marks=0.0):
self.rno = rno
self.name = name
self.marks = marks
def read(self):
self.rno = int(input(“Enter the roll no:”))
self.name = input(“Enter the name:”)
self.marks = float(input(“Enter the marks:”))
def print(self):
print(“%04d\t%-30s\t%6.2f” %(self.rno, self.name,
self.marks))
a = Student()
b = Student(5,”Anil”,55.5)
c = Student()
c.read()
a.print()
b.print()
c.print()
lst=[…]
for i in range(len(lst)):
lst[i]
for x in lst:
x
dc = {“Rno”:1, “Name”:”pavan”, “marks”:75}
reclist=[{“Rno”:1, “Name”:”pavan”, “marks”:75},{“Rno”:2,
“Name”:”Amit”, “marks”:74.5}]
import os
os.system(“del employee.dat”)
os.system(“rename temp.dat employee.dat”)
file = open(“second.csv”, “r”)
import csv
with open(“second.csv”, “w”) as file:
writeobj = csv.writer(file, “,”)
while True:
rno=int(input(“Enter roll no.”))
name=input(“Enter name”))
marks=float(input(“Enter marks”))
writeobj.writerow(rno,name,marks)
choice = input(“Do you ant more ? Y/N”
if choice.upper() != ”Y”:
break
