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Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files (Quiz)

Bartosz Zaczyński

Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files Bartosz Zaczyński 04:00

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Overview

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Getting to Know Files in Python

Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files (Overview) 04:04

Opening and Closing Files 10:21

Understanding Text and Binary Files 07:18

Specifying the Character Encoding 09:46

Choosing the Line Ending 07:42

Exploring the Different File Modes 03:33

Reading and Writing Text Files in Python

Writing Text to a File 03:53

Retrieving Text From a File 02:46

Exercise: Read a Text File 08:00

Working With Multiline Files 05:08

Exercise: Count Lines in a File 08:00

Recapping Text File Operations 02:59

Exercise: Write Lines to a File 08:00

Reading and Writing CSV Data 10:33

Exercise: Total CSV Expenses 08:00

Reviewing What You've Learned

Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files (Quiz) 04:00

Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files (Summary) 02:48

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