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File Handling in Python

File handling in programming allows data to be stored permanently in files, which can be accessed later or transferred to other computers. There are three primary operations for file handling: writing (overwriting existing data), appending (adding data to the end), and reading (retrieving data). The document provides examples of how to implement these operations using specific commands for opening, writing, appending, and reading files.

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File Handling in Python

File handling in programming allows data to be stored permanently in files, which can be accessed later or transferred to other computers. There are three primary operations for file handling: writing (overwriting existing data), appending (adding data to the end), and reading (retrieving data). The document provides examples of how to implement these operations using specific commands for opening, writing, appending, and reading files.

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File Handling

• Computer programs store data that will be needed again in a file.


• Data stored in RAM is volatile and will be lost when the computer is powered off.
• Data saved to a file is stored permanently, allowing it to be accessed by the same
program at a later date or by other programs.
• Stored data in a file can be transferred and used on other computers.
• The storage of data in files is a commonly used feature in programming.
Key point: When writing in a file, the program is outputing the data to the file, and when
reading a file, the program in inputing the data from the file
\n There are 3 ways a file can be opened in a program i.e. to write, to read and to append

Writing in a file
OPENFILE "filename.txt" FOR WRITE
//When opening a file to write, all the data already existing in the file is OVERWRITTEN
WRITEFILE "filename.txt" , Value
// The next command of WRITEFILE would be writen on next line of the file
CLOSEFILE "filename.txt"

Appending a file
OPENFILE "filename.txt" FOR APPEND
//When data will be written now, the file would be continued after the last line
WRITEFILE "filename.txt" , Value
// The next command of WRITEFILE would be writen on next line of the file
CLOSEFILE "filename.txt"

Reading a file:
OPENFILE "filename.txt" FOR READ
READFILE "filename.txt" , Variable
// The value in the line (which is identified by the number of times this is being run) is stored
in the variable
CLOSEFILE "filename.txt"

Reading a file till EOF:


OPENFILE "filename.txt" FOR READ
DECLARE DataVariable : STRING
WHILE NOT EOF("filename.txt) DO
READFILE "filename.txt", DataVariable
// here the line can be outputted or stored in an array. This process will repeat until every
line
//before the file ends has been read
ENDWHILE

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