Utah Introduction to Python 1 and 2

Students will be able to:

• Understand the concept of File I/O and its importance in computer science
• Define what a file is and how it relates to data storage
• Explain the benefits and use cases of File I/O

Students will be able to

• Understand the importance of reading files and the role it plays in file handling tasks
• Use the open() function to open a file in read mode and the close() method to close the file properly
• Read the entire contents of a file using the read() method and store them in a variable
• Read a specific number of characters of a file using the read method with a value

Students will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and usage of the readline() method in Python for reading lines from a file.
• Demonstrate how to open a file and use readline() to read a single line at a time.
• Implement a loop to read and process multiple lines from a file using readline().
• Adapt the readline() method to solve practical problems and perform operations on each line read from a file.

Students will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and usage of the readlines() method in Python.
• Read and retrieve multiple lines from a file using readlines().
• Iterate through the lines obtained from readlines() and perform operations on each line.
• Apply different manipulations and processing techniques to the lines read from a file.
• Recognize the advantages and use cases of using readlines() in file handling scenarios.

Students will be able to:

• Prove their knowledge of the following commands and concepts through a multiple choice quiz:
  
  • File Types
  • Input and Output devices
  • open and close methods
  • read method with and without a parameter
  • readline method
  • readlines method