Python Functions and Files
Work through an exercise that demonstrates how Python functions and files can work together to make useful stuff.
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Remember your checklist for functions, then do this exercise paying close attention to how functions and files can work together to make useful stuff.
ex20.py
1 from sys import argv
2
3 script, input_file = argv
4
5 def print_all(f):
6 print(f.read())
7
8 def rewind(f):
9 f.seek(0)
10
11 def print_a_line(line_count, f):
12 print(line_count, f.readline())
13
14 current_file = open(input_file)
15
16 print("First let's print the whole file:\n")
17
18 print_all(current_file)
19
20 print("Now let's rewind, kind of like a tape.")
21
22 rewind(current_file)
23
24 print("Let's print three lines:")
25
26 current_line = 1
27 print_a_line(current_line, current_file)
28
29 current_line = current_line + 1
30 print_a_line(current_line, current_file)
31
32 current_line = current_line + 1
33 print_a_line(current_line, current_file)
Pay close attention to how we pass in the current line number each time we run print_a_line.
What You Should See
Exercise 20 Session
$ python3.6 ex20.py test.txt First let's print the whole file: This is line 1 This is line 2 This is line 3 Now let's rewind, kind of like a tape. Let's print three lines: 1 This is line 1 2 This is line 2 3 This is line 3
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