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Utah Computer Programming 1 and 2

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Lesson 15.2 Reading Character from File

Description

In this lesson, students learn how to read all or a given number of characters from a file using Python.

Objective

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
  • Handle common file exceptions, such as FileNotFoundError, when attempting to read a file.

Activities

These are all the activities included in the lesson

15.2.1 Reading Character from File
15.2.2 Reading Characters from File: Example Walkthrough
15.2.3 Reading Characters from File
15.2.4 Read Specific Characters
15.2.5 Read All Characters
15.2.6 Fix This: Reading Characters
15.2.7 Fix This: Unable to Read
15.2.8 Validating Tweet Length