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    AS & A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE 9618

    FILE PROCESSING
    Note: General knowledge on Files in paper 2 is a must
    TYPES OF FILES
    Binary Files
    1. .dat is the extension
    2. Data is stored in binary format directly
    3. Can be accessed directly
    Text Files
    1. .txt is the extension
    2. These are accessed sequentially

    1 Davis_Kazibwe@2023KIS
    AS & A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE 9618

    RANDOM FILES

    RANDOM FILES

    Read or write at the same line


    Data can be accessed directly
    1. Random files contain a collection of data normally as records of fixed length
    2. They can be thought of as having a file pointer which can be moved to any
    location or address in a file
    3. The record at that location can then be read or written

    2 Davis_Kazibwe@2023KIS
    AS & A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE 9618

    RANDOM FILES

    OPENFILE <Filename> FOR RANDOM (This opens a random file)

    Note: The SEEK command moves the file pointer to a given location
    SEEK <filename>, <address> Goes to the given address

    Note: The command GETRECORD is used to read the record at the file pointer
    GETRECORD <filename>, <identifier> get a particular record
    Note2: When GETRECORD command is executed, the variable is assigned to the
    record that is read

    Note: The command PUTRECORD is used to write a record into the file at the file
    pointer
    PUTRECORD <Filename>, <Identifier> Put a particular record into the
    file

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    RANDOM FILES
    PSEUDOCODE EXAMPLE

    TYPE Book
    DECLARE BOOKID : INTEGER
    DECLARE BOOK_TITLE : STRING
    DECLARE AUTHOR : STRING
    ENDTYPE

    DECALRE novel : Book

    novel.BOOKID = 232
    novel.BOOK_TITLE = “Understanding Java Programming”
    novel.AUTHOR = “Kazibwe Davis”

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    AS & A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE 9618

    RANDOM FILES
    PSEUDOCODE EXAMPLE

    OPENFILE “KIS.dat” FOR RANDOM

    Address = Hash ( novel.BOOKID)


    SEEK “KIS.dat”, Address
    PUTRECORD “KIS.dat”, Novel

    CLOSEFILE “KIS.dat”

    Qtn: Imagine there is a file with 10 records “Random.dat”. Ask from user book ID
    and print the book name

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    RANDOM FILES
    PSEUDOCODE EXAMPLE

    OPENFILE “Random.dat” FOR RANDOM

    OUTPUT “ Enter Book ID”


    INPUT BookID
    Address = Hash( BookID )
    SEEK “Random.dat”, Address
    GETRECORD “Random.dat”, Data
    OUTPUT Data.BookName

    CLOSEFILE “Random.dat”

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    EXCEPTION HANDLING
    EXCEPTION
    It is unplanned event and situation causing a crash with in a computer program
    EXCEPTION HANDLING
    This refers to block of code which is called when a runtime error occurs to avoid
    the program from crashing
    SITUATIONS WHERE EXCEPTION HANDLING IS REQUIRED
    Division by zero
    Run-time error
    File does not exist
    Invalid array index
    Hardware failure

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    EXCEPTION HANDLING
    BENEFITS OF USING EXCEPTION HANDLING IN A PROGRAM
    1. The program will not crash
    2. Results does not cause further error
    3. Appropriate error message
    4. Exceptional conditions are identified
    5. Improve readability

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