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#1. Write a Python program to read an entire text file.

def read_entire_file(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
contents = f.read()
return contents

filename = 'SetH.txt'
contents = read_entire_file(filename)
print(contents)

#Write a Python program to read first n lines of a file.

def read_n_lines(filename, n):

with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
return lines[:n]

filename = 'SetH.txt'
n = 3
lines = read_n_lines(filename, n)
for line in lines:
print(line.strip())

#Write a Python program to append text to a file and display the text.

def append_text_and_display(filename, text):

with open(filename, 'a') as f:
f.write(text + '\n')

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

lines = f.readlines()

for line in lines:

print(line.strip())

filename = 'SetH.txt'
text = 'This is an example of appending text to a file.'
append_text_and_display(filename, text)

#Write a Python program to read last n lines of a file.

def read_last_n_lines(filename, n):

with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
return lines[-n:]

filename = 'SetH.txt'
n = 3
last_n_lines = read_last_n_lines(filename, n)
for line in last_n_lines:
print(line.strip())

#Write a Python program to read a file line by line and store it into a list.

def read_file_lines(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()]
return lines

filename = 'SetH.txt'
lines = read_file_lines(filename)
for line in lines:
print(line)

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#Write a Python program to read a file line by line store it into a variable.

def read_file_line_by_line(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = []
for line in f:
lines.append(line.strip())
return lines

filename = 'SetH.txt'
contents = read_file_line_by_line(filename)

for line in contents:

print(line)

#Write a Python program to read a file line by line store it into an array.

def read_file_line_by_line(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
return lines

filename = 'SetH.txt'
lines = read_file_line_by_line(filename)

file_contents = ''.join(lines)

print(file_contents)

#Write a python program to find the longest words in a file

def longest_word(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as infile:
words = infile.read().split()
max_len = 0
longest_words = []
for word in words:
if len(word) > max_len:
max_len = len(word)
for word in words:
if len(word) == max_len:
longest_words.append(word)
return longest_words

filename = 'SetH.txt'
longest_words = longest_word(filename)
print(f"Longest words in {filename}: {longest_words}")

#Write a Python program to count the number of lines in a text file.

def count_lines(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
return len(lines)

filename = 'SetH.txt'
num_lines = count_lines(filename)
print(f'Number of lines in {filename}: {num_lines}')

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#Write a Python program to get the file size of a plain file.

import os

def get_file_size(filename):

return os.path.getsize(filename)

filename = 'SetH.txt'

file_size = get_file_size(filename)

print(f'File size of {filename}: {file_size} bytes')

#Write a Python program to write a list to a file.

def write_list_to_file(filename, list_data):

with open(filename, 'w') as f:

for item in list_data:
f.write(f"{item}\n")

my_list = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]

write_list_to_file('list.txt', my_list)

with open('list.txt', 'r') as f:

for line in f:
print(line.strip())

#Write a Python program to copy the contents of a file to another file .

def copy_file_contents(src_filename, dest_filename):

with open(src_filename, 'r') as src_file:

with open(dest_filename, 'w') as dest_file:
for line in src_file:
dest_file.write(line)

src_filename = 'source.txt'
dest_filename = 'destination.txt'

copy_file_contents(src_filename, dest_filename)

with open(dest_filename, 'r') as f:

for line in f:
print(line.strip())

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#Write a Python program to combine each line from first file with the corresponding line in second file.

def combine_lines(filename1, filename2):

combined_lines = []

with open(filename1, 'r') as file1, open(filename2, 'r') as file2:

for line1, line2 in zip(file1, file2):
combined_lines.append(f"{line1.strip()}-{line2.strip()}")

return combined_lines

filename1 = 'file1.txt'
filename2 = 'file2.txt'

combined_lines = combine_lines(filename1, filename2)

for line in combined_lines:

print(line)

#Write a Python program to read a random line from a file.

import random

def read_random_line(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()

if lines:
return random.choice(lines).strip()
else:
return None

filename = 'SetH.txt'

random_line = read_random_line(filename)

if random_line:
print(f'Random line: "{random_line}"')
else:
print('File is empty.')

#Write a Python program to assess if a file is closed or not.

def is_file_closed(file):

try:
file.read()
except ValueError as e:
if "closed file" in str(e):
return True

return False

with open('test.txt', 'w') as f:

pass

if is_file_closed(f):
print('File is closed.')
else:
print('File is not closed.')

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#Write a Python program to remove newline characters from a file.

def remove_newline_characters(filename):

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

lines = f.readlines()

with open(filename, 'w') as f:

for line in lines:
f.write(line.strip())

filename = 'SetH.txt'

remove_newline_characters(filename)

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

for line in f:
print(line.strip())

#Write a Python program that takes a text file as input and returns the number of words of a given text file. Note: Some words can be se

def count_words(filename):

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

contents = f.read()

words = contents.split() + contents.split(',')

words = [word for word in words if word]

return len(words)

filename = input("Enter the filename: ")

num_words = count_words(filename)

print(f"The number of words in the file '{filename}' is: {num_words}")

#Write a Python program to extract characters from various text files and puts them into a list.

def extracts(filenames):
characters = []

for filename in filenames:

with open(filename, 'r') as f:
for line in f:
for char in line:
characters.append(char)

return characters

filenames = ['file1.txt', 'file2.txt', 'file3.txt']

characters = extracts(filenames)

print(characters)

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#Write a Python program to generate 26 text files named A.txt, B.txt, and so on up to Z.txt.

import os

filenames = [chr(i) + ".txt" for i in range(65, 91)]

for filename in filenames:

with open(filename, 'w') as f:
pass

print(filenames)

#Write a Python program to create a file where all letters of English alphabet are listed by specified number of letters on each line.

def create_file_with_alphabets(filename, num_letters_per_line):

with open(filename, 'w') as f:

for i in range(65, 91):

f.write(chr(i))

if (i + 1) % num_letters_per_line == 0:
f.write('\n')

filename = 'alphabet.txt'
num_letters_per_line = 5

create_file_with_alphabets(filename, num_letters_per_line)

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

for line in f:
print(line.strip())

#read the first n lines of a file.

def read_n_lines(filename, n):

with open(filename, 'r') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
return lines[:n]

filename = 'SetH.txt'
n = 3
lines = read_n_lines(filename, n)
for line in lines:
print(line.strip())

#append text to a file and display the text.

def append_text_and_display(filename, text):

with open(filename, 'a') as f:
f.write(text + '\n')

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

lines = f.readlines()

for line in lines:

print(line.strip())

filename = 'SetH.txt'
text = 'This is an example of appending text to a file.'
append_text_and_display(filename, text)

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#Read numbers from a file and write even and odd numbers to separate files.

def read_numbers_and_write(filename):
with open(filename, 'r') as f:
numbers = [int(line.strip()) for line in f]

even_numbers = []
odd_numbers = []

for number in numbers:

if number % 2 == 0:
even_numbers.append(number)
else:
odd_numbers.append(number)

with open('even_numbers.txt', 'w') as f:

for number in even_numbers:
f.write(f"{number}\n")

with open('odd_numbers.txt', 'w') as f:

for number in odd_numbers:
f.write(f"{number}\n")

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