Chapter 2 - File Handling in Python

Do you want to learn more about one of the most important and useful topics in computer science? Do you want to understand how file handling works and how it is used to store and manipulate data in files? Do you want to practice and implement file handling using Python as a programming language?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will find this chapter very useful. In this chapter, you will learn about the concept and implementation of file handling in Python. File handling in Python is the process of creating, opening, reading, writing, appending, and closing files using various modules and functions. File handling in Python is used to store and manage data in files using Python code.

Some of the topics you will cover in this chapter are:

• The definition and types of files: How files are defined and classified into different types such as text, binary, etc. 📝👩‍🏫👨‍🎓
• The modes of file operations: How file operations are performed using different modes such as read, write, append, etc. 📊📈📉
• The opening and closing of files: How files are opened and closed using open() and close() functions in Python code. 💻🖱️👍
• The reading and writing of files: How files are read and written using various methods such as read(), write(), readline(), writelines(), etc. in Python code. 💬🔎👏
• The handling of errors and exceptions: How errors and exceptions are handled using tryexceptfinally blocks in Python code. 💥😥🚱💧
• The working with CSV files: How CSV files are created, opened, read, written, and closed using csv module in Python code. 📄💵🔙

By studying this chapter, you will gain a deeper understanding of how file handling in Python is essential and useful tool  for storing and manipulating data in files using Python code. You will also develop critical thinking skills to solve various problems and cases using file handling in Python. You will also appreciate the importance of Python as a simple and powerful language  for file handling.