Text file reading writing searching and counting Theory part 2
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Text file reading writing searching and counting Theory part 2
Concept ID: U1_TEXT_FILE_OPERATIONS.
Primary Sub-subtopic: Text file reading writing searching and counting.
Question-bank grouping: File Handling.
Use this lecture for theory, examples, misconceptions, and short concept checks mapped to this concept ID.
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Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6125 · 2023 · 5 mark(s)
(a) Write one difference between CSV and text files.
Write a program in Python that defines and calls the following user defined functions :
(i) COURIER_ADD(): It takes the values from the user and adds the details to a csv file 'courier.csv'. Each record consists of a list with field elements as cid, s_name, Source, destination to store Courier ID, Sender name, Source and destination address respectively.
(ii) COURIER_SEARCH() : Takes the destination as the input and displays all the courier records going to that destination.
(ii) Search_Book(): Takes publisher name as input and counts and displays number of books published by them.
File Handling → CSV file read write and search, Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6321 · 2023 · 5 mark(s)
(a) Write a point of difference between append (a) and write (w) modes in a text file.
Write a program in Python that defines and calls the following user defined functions :
(i) Add_Teacher() : It accepts the values from the user and inserts record of a teacher to a csv file "Teacher.csv". Each record consists of a list with field elements as T_id, Tname and desig to store teacher ID, teacher name and designation respectively.
(ii) Search_Teacher() : To display the records of all the PGT (designation) teachers.
(ii) Count_Device() : To count and display number of peripheral devices, whose price is less than or equal to 1000.
File Handling → CSV file read write and search
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ID 6143 · 2024 · 1 mark(s)
Which of the following file opening mode is used to open a file in append and read mode ?
(A) r+
(B) w+
(C) a+
(D) x+
File Handling → File basics paths modes seek and tell, Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6158 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
(a) Write the user defined function count_words() in Python to count the number of words in a text file "Story.txt".
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6159 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
(b) Write the user defined function display() in Python to read the content of a text file "Story.txt" and display those words which are less than 4 characters.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6358 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
(a) Write a method/function COUNTWORDS() in Python to read contents from a text file DECODE.TXT, to count and return the occurrence of those words, which are having 5 or more characters.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6359 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
(b) Write a method/function COUNTLINES() in Python to read lines from a text file CONTENT.TXT, and display those lines, which have @ anywhere in the line.
For example :
If the content of the file is :
Had an amazing time at the concert last night with
@MusicLoversCrew.
Excited to announce the launch of our new website!
G20 @ India
The method/function should display
Had an amazing time at the concert last night with
@MusicLoversCrew
G20 @ India
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6646 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
A) Write a Python function that displays all the words containing @cmail from a text file "Emails.txt".
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6647 · 2024 · 3 mark(s)
B) Write a Python function that finds and displays all the words longer than 5 characters from a text file "Words.txt".
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6172 · 2024 · 4 mark(s)
Write a program in Python to read the content of a text file Story.txt and count and display the number of lines that start with the letter 'A'.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6366 · 2024 · 5 mark(s)
(b) (i) Give one difference between write() and writeline() function in text file.
(ii) A Binary file, "Items.dat" has the following structure :
[Icode, Description, Price]
Where
Icode – Item code
Description – Detail of item
Price – Price of item
Write a function Add_data(), that takes Icode, Description and Price from the user and writes the information in the binary file "Items.dat".
File Handling → Binary file operations with pickle
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ID 6378 · 2025 · 1 mark(s)
A text file 'song.txt' contains the following contents in it :
Life goes on as it never ends
What will be the output of the following code snippet ?
f1=open("song.txt","r")
s1=f1.read(5)
s2=f1.readline(4)
s3=f1.read(3)
print(s1,s3,sep="#")
(A) goes# on
(B) Life #goes# on
(C) Life # on
(D) Error
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6203 · 2025 · 3 mark(s)
Write a user defined function in Python named COUNT() which counts and displays the number of lines which do not start with the vowels 'A' or 'E' in the file, "Paragraph.txt".
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6406 · 2025 · 3 mark(s)
(b) Write a function in Python to display the line which has the maximum number of vowels from a text file, "Novel.txt"
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6694 · 2025 · 3 mark(s)
A. Write a Python function that displays the number of times the word "Python" appears in a text file named "Prog.txt".
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6695 · 2025 · 3 mark(s)
B. Write and call a Python function to read lines from a text file STORIES.TXT and display those lines which doesn't start with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) irrespective of their case.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6253 · 2026 · 3 mark(s)
(a) Write a Python function that counts and returns the number of digits appearing in the text file "Space.txt". For example, if the file contains :
Space exploration has unlocked incredible
advancements in technology and science. Since the
first moon landing in 1969, space agencies have sent
probes to Mars, Jupiter and beyond. The ISS,
orbiting Earth at about 400 km, serves as a hub for
research. With missions planned for 2030, humanity's
cosmic journey continues!
Then the function should return 11.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting
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ID 6254 · 2026 · 3 mark(s)
(b) Write a Python function that displays the words in which the lowercase letter 'e' appears at least twice in the text file 'Space.txt'. For example, if the file contains :
Space exploration has unlocked incredible
advancements in technology and science. Since the
first moon landing in 1969, space agencies have sent
probes to Mars, Jupiter and beyond. The ISS,
orbiting Earth at about 400 km, serves as a hub for
research. With missions planned for 2030, humanity's
cosmic journey continues!
Then the function should display :
incredible advancements science. agencies serves research.
File Handling → Text file reading writing searching and counting