Higher SDD - File Handling

Lesson focus

Aims  

• We are learning how data can be read from and written to files from a Python program.  

  

Achievements (practical)  

• I can open a file for reading or writing in Python.  

• I can create a new file in Python.   

• I can read data from a file into a data structure in Python.  

• I can write data from a Python program into a csv or text file.  

​Comma separated value file

Open Ended

What is a sequential file?

Open Ended

What is an advantage of using sequential files in programming?

Open Ended

In an exam-style question which involves file handling which three things should you be mentioning?