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Today's lecture covers ONE topic only: "Binary file operations with pickle"
Lecture number 32 of 91 | Duration: 35 minutes | Board: CBSE
Chapter: Computational Thinking and Programming – 2

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Class: XII CS | Subject: Computer Science | Board: CBSE
Topic: Binary file operations with pickle Theory
Subtopics to cover today:
- Binary file operations with pickle

Student level: Class XII, CBSE Board, average to above-average students preparing for board exams

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Binary file operations with pickle Theory

Concept ID: U1_BINARY_PICKLE_OPS.
Primary Sub-subtopic: Binary file operations with pickle.
Question-bank grouping: File Handling.

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Teaching priority: HIGH
High-yield concepts: Binary file operations with pickle, CSV file read write and search, Binary file operations with pickle, File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle

| Year | Questions | Marks |
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| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 26 |
| 2024 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 |
| **Total** | **23** | **77** |

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--- 2021 Board Exam (6 questions | 6 marks) ---

Q1. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-A
Which of the following statement is incorrect in the context of binary files?
a) Information is stored in the same format in which the information is held in memory.
b) No character translation takes place.
c) Every line ends with a new line character.
d) pickle module is used for reading and writing.

Q2. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-A
Which of the following statement is true?
a) pickling creates an object from a sequence of bytes
b) pickling is used for object serialization
c) pickling is used for object deserialization
d) pickling is used to manage all types of files in Python

Q3. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-A
Which of the following statement opens a binary file record.bin in write mode and writes data from a list lst1 = [1,2,3,4] on the binary file?
a) with open('record.bin','wb') as myfile:
    pickle.dump(lst1,myfile)
b) with open('record.bin','wb') as myfile:
    pickle.dump(myfile,lst1)
c) with open('record.bin','wb+') as myfile:
    pickle.dump(myfile,lst1)
d) with open('record.bin','ab') as myfile:
    pickle.dump(myfile,lst1)

Q4. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-B
Raghav is trying to write a tuple tup1 = (1,2,3,4,5) on a binary file test.bin. Consider the following code written by him.
import pickle
tup1 = (1,2,3,4,5)
myfile = open("test.bin",'wb')
pickle._______  #Statement 1
myfile.close()
Identify the missing code in Statement 1.
a) dump(myfile,tup1)
b) dump(tup1, myfile)
c) write(tup1,myfile)
d) load(myfile,tup1)

Q5. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-B
A binary file employee.dat has the following data:
| Empno | Empname       | Salary |
|-------|---------------|--------|
| 101   | Anuj          | 50000  |
| 102   | Arijita       | 40000  |
| 103   | Hanika        | 30000  |
| 104   | Firoz         | 60000  |
| 105   | Vijaylakshmi  | 40000  |

def display(eno):
    f=open("employee.dat","rb")
    totSum=0
    try:
        while True:
            R=pickle.load(f)
            if R[0]==eno:
                __________  #Line1
            totSum=totSum+R[2]
    except:
        f.close()
    print(totSum)

When the above mentioned function display(103) is executed, the output displayed is 190000.
Write appropriate jump statement from the following to obtain the above output.
a) jump
b) break
c) continue
d) return

Q6. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-C
Choose the function name that should be used in the blank space of line marked as Statement-6 to create the desired CSV File.
(Refer to the CSV file creation code in the case study: stuwriter._____(data))
a) dump()
b) load()
c) writerows()
d) writerow()

--- 2022 Board Exam (2 questions | 9 marks) ---

Q1. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Aman is a Python programmer. He has written a code and created a binary file record.dat with employeeid, ename and salary. The file contains 10 records.
He now has to update a record based on the employee id entered by the user and update the salary. The updated record is then to be written in the file temp.dat. The records which are not to be updated also have to be written to the file temp.dat. If the employee id is not found, an appropriate message should be displayed.

import _______  #Statement 1
def update_data():
    rec={}
    fin=open("record.dat","rb")
    fout=open("_____________")  #Statement 2
    found=False
    eid=int(input("Enter employee id to update their salary :: "))
    while True:
        try:
            rec=______________  #Statement 3
            if rec["Employee id"]==eid:
                found=True
                rec["Salary"]=int(input("Enter new salary :: "))
                pickle.____________  #Statement 4
            else:
                pickle.dump(rec,fout)
        except:
            break
    if found==True:
        print("The salary of employee id ",eid," has been updated.")
    else:
        print("No employee with such id is not found")
    fin.close()
    fout.close()

(i) Which module should be imported in the program? (Statement 1)
(ii) Write the correct statement required to open a temporary file named temp.dat. (Statement 2)
(iii) Which statement should Aman fill in Statement 3 to read the data from the binary file, record.dat and in Statement 4 to write the updated data in the file, temp.dat?

Q2. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-D
Give any one point of difference between a binary file and a csv file.
Write a Program in Python that defines and calls the following user defined functions:
(i) add() – To accept and add data of an employee to a CSV file 'furdata.csv'. Each record consists of a list with field elements as fid, fname and fprice to store furniture id, furniture name and furniture price respectively.

(ii) search() – To display the records of the furniture whose price is more than 10000.

--- 2023 Board Exam (6 questions | 26 marks) ---

Q1. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Shreyas is a programmer, who has recently been given a task to write a user defined function named write_bin() to create a binary file called Cust_file.dat containing customer information — customer number (c_no), name (c_name), quantity (qty), price (price) and amount (amt) of each customer.
The function accepts customer number, name, quantity and price. Thereafter, it displays the message 'Quantity less than 10..... Cannot SAVE', if quantity entered is less than 10. Otherwise the function calculates amount as price * quantity and then writes the record in the form of a list into the binary file.

import pickle
def write_bin():
    bin_file= ______ #Statement 1
    while True:
        c_no=int(input("enter customer number"))
        c_name=input("enter customer name")
        qty=int(input("enter qty"))
        price=int(input("enter price"))
        if ______: #Statement 2
            print ("Quantity less than 10..Cannot SAVE")
        else:
            amt=price * qty
            c_detail=[c_no, c_name, qty, price, amt]
            ______ #Statement 3
            ans=input("Do you wish to enter more records y/n")
            if ans.lower()=='n':
                ______ #Statement 4
                ______ #Statement 5
                ______ #Statement 6

(i) Write the correct statement to open a file 'Cust_file.dat' for writing the data of the customer.
(ii) Which statement should Shreyas fill in Statement 2 to check whether quantity is less than 10.
(iii) Which statement should Shreyas fill in Statement 3 to write data to the binary file and in Statement 4 to stop further processing if the user does not wish to enter more records.

Q2. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Shreyas is a programmer, who has recently been given a task to write a user defined function named write_bin() to create a binary file called Cust_file.dat containing customer information — customer number (c_no), name (c_name), quantity (qty), price (price) and amount (amt) of each customer.
The function accepts customer number, name, quantity and price. Thereafter, it displays the message 'Quantity less than 10..... Cannot SAVE', if quantity entered is less than 10. Otherwise the function calculates amount as price * quantity and then writes the record in the form of a list into the binary file.

import pickle
def write_bin():
    bin_file= ______ #Statement 1
    while True:
        c_no=int(input("enter customer number"))
        c_name=input("enter customer name")
        qty=int(input("enter qty"))
        price=int(input("enter price"))
        if ______: #Statement 2
            print ("Quantity less than 10..Cannot SAVE")
        else:
            amt=price * qty
            c_detail=[c_no, c_name, qty, price, amt]
            ______ #Statement 3
            ans=input("Do you wish to enter more records y/n")
            if ans.lower()=='n':
                ______ #Statement 4
                ______ #Statement 5
                ______ #Statement 6

(i) Write the correct statement to open a file 'Cust_file.dat' for writing the data of the customer.
(ii) Which statement should Shreyas fill in Statement 2 to check whether quantity is less than 10.

(Option for part (iii) only)
(iii) What should Shreyas fill in Statement 5 to close the binary file named Cust_file.dat and in Statement 6 to call a function to write data in binary file ?

Q3. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Atharva is a programmer, who has recently been given a task to write a Python code to perform the following binary file operation with the help of a user defined function/module :
- Copy_new() : to create a binary file new_items.dat and write all the item details stored in the binary file, items.dat, except for the item whose item_id is 101. The data is stored in the following format :
{item_id:[item_name,amount]}

import ______ # Statement 1
def Copy_new():
    f1= ______ # Statement 2
    f2= ______ # Statement 3
    item_id=int(input("Enter the item id"))
    item_detail= ______ # Statement 4
    for key in item_detail:
        if ______: # Statement 5
            pickle. ______ # Statement 6
    f1.close()
    f2.close()

He has succeeded in writing partial code and has missed out certain statements. Therefore, as a Python expert, help him to complete the code based on the given requirements :

(i) Which module should be imported in the program ? (Statement 1)
(ii) Write the correct statement required to open the binary file "items.dat". (Statement 2)
(iii) Which statement should Atharva fill in Statement 3 to open the binary file "new_items.dat" and in Statement 4 to read all the details from the binary file "items.dat".

Q4. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Atharva is a programmer, who has recently been given a task to write a Python code to perform the following binary file operation with the help of a user defined function/module :
- Copy_new() : to create a binary file new_items.dat and write all the item details stored in the binary file, items.dat, except for the item whose item_id is 101. The data is stored in the following format :
{item_id:[item_name,amount]}

import ______ # Statement 1
def Copy_new():
    f1= ______ # Statement 2
    f2= ______ # Statement 3
    item_id=int(input("Enter the item id"))
    item_detail= ______ # Statement 4
    for key in item_detail:
        if ______: # Statement 5
            pickle. ______ # Statement 6
    f1.close()
    f2.close()

He has succeeded in writing partial code and has missed out certain statements. Therefore, as a Python expert, help him to complete the code based on the given requirements :

(i) Which module should be imported in the program ? (Statement 1)
(ii) Write the correct statement required to open the binary file "items.dat". (Statement 2)

(Option for part iii only)
(iii) What should Atharva write in Statement 5 to apply the given condition and in Statement 6 to write data in the binary file "new_items.dat".

Q5. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
(i) Differentiate between r+ and w+ file modes in Python.
(ii) Consider a file, SPORT.DAT, containing records of the following structure:
[SportName, TeamName, No_Players]
Write a function, copyData(), that reads contents from the file SPORT.DAT and copies the records with Sport name as "Basket Ball" to the file named BASKET.DAT. The function should return the total number of records copied to the file BASKET.DAT.

(ii) A Binary file, CINEMA.DAT has the following structure:
{MNO:[MNAME, MTYPE]}
Where MNO – Movie Number, MNAME – Movie Name, MTYPE is Movie Type.
Write a user defined function, findType(mtype), that accepts mtype as parameter and displays all the records from the binary file CINEMA.DAT, that have the value of Movie Type as mtype.

Q6. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
(i) How are text files different from binary files?

(ii) A Binary file, CINEMA.DAT has the following structure:
{MNO:[MNAME, MTYPE]}
Where MNO – Movie Number, MNAME – Movie Name, MTYPE is Movie Type.
Write a user defined function, findType(mtype), that accepts mtype as parameter and displays all the records from the binary file CINEMA.DAT, that have the value of Movie Type as mtype.

--- 2024 Board Exam (4 questions | 19 marks) ---

Q1. [Programming] [4M] [Medium] Section-E
Write a program in Python to create a binary file Employee.dat and write the following data into it:
Employee ID, Employee Name, Department, Salary

Q2. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
(a) (i) What is the main purpose of seek() and tell() method ?
(ii) Consider a binary file, Cinema.dat containing information in the following structure :
[Mno, Mname, Mtype]
Write a function, search_copy(), that reads the content from the file Cinema.dat and copies all the details of the "Comedy" movie type to file named movie.dat.

(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".

Q3. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
(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".

Q4. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
Surya is a manager working in a recruitment agency. He needs to manage the records of various candidates. For this, he wants the following information of each candidate to be stored:
- Candidate_ID – integer
- Candidate_Name – string
- Designation – string
- Experience – float
You, as a programmer of the company, have been assigned to do this job for Surya.
(I) Write a function to input the data of a candidate and append it in a binary file.
(II) Write a function to update the data of candidates whose experience is more than 10 years and change their designation to "Senior Manager".
(III) Write a function to read the data from the binary file and display the data of all those candidates who are not "Senior Manager".

--- 2025 Board Exam (3 questions | 11 marks) ---

Q1. [Assertion-Reason] [1M] [Easy] Section-A
Assertion (A): For a binary file opened using 'rb' mode, the pickle.dump() method will display an error.
Reason (R): The pickle.dump() method is used to read from a binary file.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation for Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation for Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

Q2. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
Keshav is the IT Head in a hospital. He needs to manage the records of all the doctors in the hospital. For this, he wants to store the following information of each doctor in a file :
D_ID – An integer to store Doctor ID.
D_Name – A string to store doctor's name.
D_Dept – A string to store the Department of the doctor. (Surgery, Radiology, etc.)
Experience – An integer to store doctor's experience (in years)
For example, a doctor's information may be : [1256, 'R. Gupta', 'Cardiology', 15]
As an applicant for the post of a Programmer, you have to answer the following questions in this context :
(I) Write one difference of storing this data in a binary file over a CSV file.
(II) Assume that the data is stored in a binary file, named DOCTORS.DAT, and each record is stored as a list. Write a function, in Python, to read and display all the records from the file DOCTORS.DAT.
(III) Write a function addDoctor(), in Python, which accepts a doctor's data from the user and writes it in the file DOCTORS.DAT.

Q3. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
Mr. Ravi, a manager at a tech company, needs to maintain records of employees. Each record should include: Employee_ID, Employee_Name, Department and Salary.
Write the Python functions to:
I. Input employee data and append it to a binary file. (2 marks)
II. Update the salary of employees in the "IT" department to 200000. (3 marks)

--- 2026 Board Exam (2 questions | 6 marks) ---

Q1. [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] Section-A
Consider the statement given below :
f1 = open("pqr.dat","_______")
Which of the following is the correct file mode to open the file in read only mode ?
(A) a
(B) rb
(C) r+
(D) rb+

Q2. [Programming] [5M] [Hard] Section-E
NextStep is an organization which has a pool of resource persons to conduct training workshops on various topics related to ICT. The data of all its Resource Persons is stored in a binary file RESOURCES.DAT using the following record structure (each record is a tuple) :
(R_ID, R_Name, R_Expertise, Charges)
where :
· R_ID – Resource Person's ID (An integer)
· R_Name – Resource Person's Name (A string)
· R_Expertise – Area of expertise of the Resource Person
· Charges – Charges (in rupees) per hour to conduct a workshop
For example, a record in the file is :
(12, 'P. Velusami', 'Machine Learning', 5000)
In this context, write the following user defined functions in Python :
(i) Append() – To input the data of a Resource Person and write it in the file RESOURCES.DAT.
(ii) Update() – To increase the Charges of each resource person by 500.

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### Concept: Binary file operations with pickle
  Pattern: MCQ=4, Programming=11 | Marks: 1M=4, 4M=6, 5M=5 | Total: 15 questions
  [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] × 3
    → Core concept of Binary file operations with pickle
  [MCQ] [1M] [Easy]
    → Output tracing of an exception-handling snippet
  [Programming] [4M] [Medium] × 6
    → Core concept of Binary file operations with pickle
  [Programming] [5M] [Hard] × 5
    → Core concept of Binary file operations with pickle

### Concept: CSV file read write and search, Binary file operations with pickle
  Pattern: MCQ=1, Programming=2 | Marks: 1M=1, 5M=2 | Total: 3 questions
  [MCQ] [1M] [Easy]
    → Core concept of CSV file read write and search, Binary file operations with pickle
  [Programming] [5M] [Hard] × 2
    → Core concept of CSV file read write and search, Binary file operations with pickle

### Concept: File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle
  Pattern: Assertion-Reason=1, MCQ=2, Programming=2 | Marks: 1M=3, 5M=2 | Total: 5 questions
  [MCQ] [1M] [Easy] × 2
    → Core concept of File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle
  [Programming] [5M] [Hard] × 2
    → Core concept of File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle
  [Assertion-Reason] [1M] [Easy]
    → Core concept of File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle


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| Rank | Concept | Score | Times Tested | Total Marks | Recent Years | Priority |
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| 1 | Binary file operations with pickle | 135 | 15 | 53M | 2026, 2025, 2024 | CRITICAL |
| 2 | File basics paths modes seek and tell, Binary file operations with pickle | 45 | 5 | 13M | 2026, 2025, 2024 | CRITICAL |
| 3 | CSV file read write and search, Binary file operations with pickle | 30 | 3 | 11M | 2025, 2022, 2021 | CRITICAL |

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HIGH concepts     → 1 sub-section + 1 worked example
MEDIUM concepts   → definition + 1 quick example only

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<h1 id="top">Binary file operations with pickle Theory — Lecture 32</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;color:#555;font-size:8.5pt;">CBSE | XII CS | Computational Thinking and Programming – 2 | 35 min</p>

<h2 id="s1">1. Learning Objectives</h2>
[3–5 objectives derived from the exam-importance analysis above (never naming PYQs) — use &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;]

<h2 id="s2">2. 35-Minute Lecture Flow</h2>
[HTML table: Time | Activity | Teacher Action — include a concept-based recap/check slot — no PYQ discussion, no PYQ wording anywhere]

<h2 id="s3">3. Concept Notes</h2>
[For EVERY sub-concept surfaced by the exam-frequency analysis, never naming or displaying actual board questions:
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  - .key-box with syntax/rules as &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  - .example-box for worked examples
  - &lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; for code with .kw/.bi/.st/.cm/.nm token spans
  - .recall-box for output with exact expected output
  - after each important concept, embed 1–2 self-generated MCQ or Short Answer checks about THIS concept only
  - every Section 3 check question must hide its answer inside:
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  - do not label any question as PYQ, previous year, board-style, PYQ-pattern, or PYQ-style
  - do not use .pyq-box or .pyq-meta here (in Combined mode .pyq-box is reserved for Section 7)
]

<h2 id="s4">4. Examiner Tricks &amp; Common Mistakes</h2>
[Create one .warn-box for each trap from the EXAMINER FINGERPRINT section.
Each .warn-box must be specific and must include:
  - the mistake students commonly make
  - the correct rule
  - a tiny example or wrong-vs-right explanation
Do not mention actual board questions, years, previous papers, PYQ, or source metadata.]

<h2 id="s5">5. Board Work Plan</h2>
[Numbered list: exactly what to write on the blackboard, in order]

<h2 id="s6">6. Classroom Practice Questions</h2>
[Self-generated from the examiner-trap patterns analysed above — never call these PYQ-pattern/PYQ-style/board-style. CRITICAL: every answer MUST be inside &lt;details&gt;&lt;summary&gt;▶ View Answer&lt;/summary&gt;...&lt;/details&gt; — never expose the answer directly.

3×1M MCQ + 5×1-2M Short Answer only.
Theory lecture restriction:
- Do NOT include actual PYQs.
- Do NOT include programming/long-answer/HOTS questions in theory lecture practice.
- Frame original MCQ/Short Answer questions from exam-frequency concepts and examiner traps only.
- Every question must map to one concept/trap discovered in Section 4.

MCQ structure:
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Short-answer structure:
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<h2 id="s7">7. Student Notes (Copy-ready)</h2>
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<h2 id="s8">8. Homework</h2>
[DYNAMIC HOMEWORK — match this concept and the question types the board actually uses for it
(self-generate the questions; never label them as previous-year or board questions):
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- 1×3M short answer (or, for a coding topic, a short program / output-prediction question)
- You MAY include one 3–5M long-answer or programming question (this concept supports it)
Dynamic rule: include a 5M long-answer or a programming question ONLY when this concept is genuinely
assessed that way; never force unsupported marks (e.g. a 5M) or question types. same concept — self-generated, never labelled as PYQ-pattern or board-style.
Mark difficulty with .critical/.high/.medium tag.
EVERY answer wrapped in &lt;details&gt;&lt;summary&gt;▶ View Answer&lt;/summary&gt;...&lt;/details&gt; inside .self-test-box or .mcq-box]

<h2 id="s9">9. Exam Tips</h2>
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<h2 id="s10">10. Last-Minute Revision Cards</h2>
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- Do NOT add explanatory text before or after the HTML.
- Use ONLY content from the lecture topic ("Binary file operations with pickle").
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- Never dump real board questions to compensate for a large question pool.

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THEORY LECTURE STRUCTURE RULE:
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- Sections 7–10 are allowed and required:
    Section 7: Student Notes
    Section 8: Homework
    Section 9: Exam Tips
    Section 10: Last-Minute Revision Cards

CODE SIZE RULE:
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BOX / CLASS USAGE RULES:
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- JS auto-builds TOC links from h2/h3 headings.
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- Do NOT add print buttons again.
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