Read Delimited files into list of tuples¶ Let us go through reading delimited files into list of tuples. Here are the steps involved. Open the file in read mode (default). Read the data in the file as string using read and then use splitlines to create a collection. At this time, we will have a …
Recap of basic file IO¶ Let us quickly recap basic file IO using first class Python functions. We use open to open a file with r for read only purpose. We can use open to open a file with w to create a new file and write or to overwrite the existing file. We can …
Overview of Delimited Text Files¶ Let us get an overview of delimited text files. Delimited also means Separated. Comma seperated or delimited is the most common delimited text files. Each line in the text files are separated by either new line character \n or carriage return \r. You will not be able to see those …
Delimited Files and Collections¶ As part of this section or module, we will be going through the details about dealing with delimited files and collections. Overview of Delimited text files Recap of basic File I/O Read Delimited Files into Lists Write Delimited strings into Files Overview of CSV Module Read delimited data using CSV Write …
Managing Folders and Files using Python¶ Let us quickly recap details about folders and files, especially using Linux. You need to be comfortable with the following. Differentiating Files and Folders. Keep in mind that Folders and Directories means the samething. Understanding Absolute or Fully Qualified Path. Understanding Relative Path. Understanding File or Folder permissions. We …
Write strings to file in append mode¶ Let us see how we can write multiple strings from a list to file in append mode. We cannot write the list of strings into file properly all at once. In [1]: departments = [ ‘2,Fitness’, ‘3,Footwear’, ‘4,Apparel’, ‘5,Golf’, ‘6,Outdoors’, ‘7,Fan Shop’ ] In [2]: file = open(‘data/departments.txt’, ‘w’) In [3]: …
