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Python Programming Lesson 12 Summary Notes

This lesson focuses on file handling in Python, emphasizing its importance and how to open and read external files. It explains the use of the built-in open() function to access files in different modes, particularly for reading. Examples are provided for reading text and CSV files, demonstrating how to extract and display data from them.

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Python Programming Lesson 12 Summary Notes

This lesson focuses on file handling in Python, emphasizing its importance and how to open and read external files. It explains the use of the built-in open() function to access files in different modes, particularly for reading. Examples are provided for reading text and CSV files, demonstrating how to extract and display data from them.

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3 Lesson objectives

3 File handling

3 Opening and reading files

3 Source Code

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By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

 Understand the importance of file handling


 Learn how to open and read external files

File handling in Python refers to the ability to work with files, which are external resources used to store data
persistently. Python provides built-in functions and modules that allow programmers to perform various operations
on files, such as creating, reading, writing, and deleting files.

Open the file: You need to use the built-in open() function to open the file in the desired mode for reading. The open()
function takes two arguments: the file name (including the path if the file is in a different directory) and the mode
in which you want to open the file. For reading, use the mode ‘r’. For example:

import csv

file = open("[Link]", "r")


contents = [Link]()
print(contents)
[Link]()

with open('employee_data.csv','r') as csv_file:


csv_reader = [Link](csv_file)
line_count=0
for row in csv_reader:
if line_count ==0:
line_count+=1
print(f'{row["name"]} works in the {row["department"]} department. The
employee\'s ID is {row["employee_id"]}.')
line_count+=1

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