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Python File Handling

The document provides an overview of file handling in Python, detailing methods for creating, opening, closing, reading, and writing files. It explains the difference between text and binary files, and introduces functions like open(), close(), read(), readline(), and readlines() for file operations. Additionally, it covers counting lines and words in a file using Python methods.

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Python File Handling

The document provides an overview of file handling in Python, detailing methods for creating, opening, closing, reading, and writing files. It explains the difference between text and binary files, and introduces functions like open(), close(), read(), readline(), and readlines() for file operations. Additionally, it covers counting lines and words in a file using Python methods.

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FILE HANDLING

File handling is an integral part of programming.


File handling in Python is simplified by built-in methods,
which include creating, opening, and closing files.
While files are open, Python additionally allows performing
various file operations, such as reading, writing, and
appending information.
FILE HANDLING
Text files: In this type of file, Each line of text is terminated
with a special character called EOL (End of Line), which is the
new line character (‘\n’) in python by default.
Binary files: In this type of file, there is no terminator for a
line and the data is stored after converting it into machine-
understandable binary language.
OPENING FILES

The open() Python method is the primary file handling


function. The basic syntax is:

file_object = open('file_name', 'mode')


twt=open(‘tweets.txt’,’r’)
OPENING FILES
The open() function takes two elementary parameters for
file handling:

1. The file_name includes the file extension and assumes


the file is in the current working directory. If the file
location is elsewhere, provide the absolute or relative path.
2. The mode is an optional parameter that defines the file
opening method. The table below outlines the different
possible options:
OPENING FILES
CLOSING FILES

close() function closes the file and frees the


memory space acquired by that file. It is used at the
time when the file is no longer needed or if it is to
be opened in a different file mode.
file_object.close()
WRITING TO A FILE

There are 2 ways of writing to a file:


WRITING TO A FILE
READING FROM A FILE
After importing a file into an object, Python offers
numerous methods to read the contents.
Use the read() method on the file object and print the
result. For example:
file1 = open('myfile.txt', 'r')
print(file1.read())
file1.close()
READ PARTS OF A FILE

Provide a number to the read() function to read only


the specified number of characters
f = open("file.txt")
print(f.read(5))
READ FROM A FILE

Alternatively, use the readline() method to print only


the first line of the file:
READ FROM A FILE

f = open("file.txt")
print(f.readline())
READ FROM A FILE

f = open("file.txt")
print(f.readlines())
READ FROM A FILE

f = open("file.txt")
for line in f:
print(line, end="")
LINE COUNT
The readlines() function is most straightforward way to count
the number of lines in a text file in Python.
The readlines() method reads all lines from a file and stores it
in a list.
Next, use the len() function to find the length of the list which
is nothing but total lines present in a file.
Open a file and use the readlines() method on file pointer to
read all lines.
LINE COUNT

fp=open("myfile.txt","r")
list=fp.readlines()
lines=len(list)
print(lines)
WORD COUNT

text= open("example.txt", "rt")


page=text.read()
word=page.split()
print("Total words: ",len(word))
WORD OCCURANCE COUNT
def word_count(str):
counts = dict()
words = str.split()

for word in words:


if word in counts:
counts[word] += 1
else:
counts[word] = 1
return counts

f=open("myfile.txt","rt")
print( word_count(f.read()))

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