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The document covers file handling in Python, including types of files, opening modes, reading and writing methods, and the use of the `with` statement for resource management. It also explains the differences between `read()`, `readline()`, and `readlines()` methods, as well as the `seek()` and `tell()` methods. Additionally, it provides programming exercises related to reading CSV files and appending text to existing files.

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Day 28 Python Answers - 60399344 - 2025 - 05 - 13 - 08 - 52

The document covers file handling in Python, including types of files, opening modes, reading and writing methods, and the use of the `with` statement for resource management. It also explains the differences between `read()`, `readline()`, and `readlines()` methods, as well as the `seek()` and `tell()` methods. Additionally, it provides programming exercises related to reading CSV files and appending text to existing files.

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HPSC PGT(CS)- Python Subjective Series

Day 28
Syllabus Coverage

File Handling in Python

- Types of files: text, binary, CSV.

- Relative and absolute paths.

- Text files: opening modes (`r`, `r+`, `w`, `w+`, `a`, `a+`), closing files, `with` clause.

- Writing/appending data: `write()`, `writelines()`.

- Reading data: `read()`, `readline()`, `readlines()`.

- `seek` and `tell` methods, data manipulation.

- Binary files: opening modes (`rb`, `rb+`, `wb`, `wb+`, `ab`, `ab+`), closing files.

- Pickle module: `dump()`, `load()`.

- Operations: read, write, search, append, update.

- CSV files: `csv` module, `csv.writer()`, `csv.reader()`.

Question of the day:


1. Why is it important to close a file after performing operations? How
can the with statement help? 3 M
2. What are the differences between read(), readline(),
and readlines() methods? 4 M
3. Explain the use of seek() and tell() methods in file handling. 4M

1. Why is it important to close a file after performing operations? How can


the with statement help? (3 Marks)

Answer:

• Importance of closing a file:

o To free up system resources.

o To ensure all data is properly written (prevents data loss).

o To avoid file corruption or locking issues (other programs may not access it if
left open).

• Role of with statement:


o Automatically closes the file after the block of code executes, even if an
exception occurs.

o Ensures proper resource management without explicitly calling close().

Example:

with open("example.txt", "r") as file:

data = file.read()

# File is automatically closed here

2. What are the differences between read(), readline(), and readlines() methods? (4 Marks)

Answer:

Return
Method Description Use Case
Type

Reads the entire file When the file is small and needs full
read() String
content. content.

Reads a single line at When processing large files line by line


readline() String
a time. (memory efficient).

Reads all lines into a List of When needing to manipulate lines as a


readlines()
list. strings list.

Example:

file = open("example.txt", "r")

print(file.read()) # Entire content as a single string

print(file.readline()) # First line

print(file.readlines()) # All lines as a list

file.close()

3. Explain the use of seek() and tell() methods in file handling. (4 Marks)

Answer:

• tell():

o Returns the current position (in bytes) of the file pointer.

o Helps track where the next read/write operation will occur.

• seek(offset, whence):
o Moves the file pointer to a specified position.

o offset: Number of bytes to move.

o whence: Reference point (0=start, 1=current, 2=end).

Example:

file = open("example.txt", "r")

print(file.tell()) # Output: 0 (start of file)

file.seek(10) # Move to 10th byte

print(file.tell()) # Output: 10

file.close()

Program of the day:


1. Write a Python program to read a CSV file and display its contents row
by row. 5M
2. Write a Python program to append text to an existing file and then
display the updated content. 5M
1.

Sample CSV File (students.csv):

RollNo,Name,Mark

101,Arjun,85

102,Rajeev,92

103,Brinda,78

Python Program:

import csv

def display_csv(file_name):

print("Contents of CSV file:")

with open(file_name, 'r') as file:

reader = csv.reader(file)

for row in reader:

print(row)
# Test the function

display_csv("students.csv")

Expected Output:

Contents of CSV file:

['RollNo', 'Name', 'Mark']

['101', 'Arjun', '85']

['102', 'Rajeev', '92']

['103', 'Brinda', '78']

2.

Sample Text File (notes.txt):

Hello, this is line 1.

This is line 2.

Python Program:

def append_and_display(file_name, text_to_append):

# Append text

with open(file_name, 'a') as file:

file.write("\n" + text_to_append)

# Display updated content

print("Updated file content:")

with open(file_name, 'r') as file:

for line in file:

print(line.strip())

# Test the function

append_and_display("notes.txt", "This is an appended line.")

Expected Output:

Updated file content:

Hello, this is line 1.

This is line 2.

This is an appended line.

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