Python exercises: Files
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Python exercises: Files¶
Note Some of the exercises below are adapted from the Python for Everyone Course by Charles R. Severance licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Exercise 1. Print content of text file line by line¶
Write a program to read through a file and print the contents of the file (line by line) all in upper case. Executing the program will look as follows:
Enter a file name: mbox-short.txt
FROM STEPHEN.MARQUARD@UCT.AC.ZA SAT JAN 5 09:14:16 2008
RETURN-PATH: <POSTMASTER@COLLAB.SAKAIPROJECT.ORG>
RECEIVED: FROM MURDER (MAIL.UMICH.EDU [141.211.14.90])
BY FRANKENSTEIN.MAIL.UMICH.EDU (CYRUS V2.3.8) WITH LMTPA;
SAT, 05 JAN 2008 09:14:16 -0500
You can download the file here
# your code here
Exercise 2. Parsing content of a text file¶
Write a program to prompt for a file name, and then read through the file and look for lines of the form:
X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.8475 When you encounter a line that starts with “X-DSPAM-Confidence:” pull apart the line to extract the floating-point number on the line. Count these lines and then compute the total of the spam confidence values from these lines. When you reach the end of the file, print out the average spam confidence.
Enter the file name: mbox.txt
Average spam confidence: 0.894128046745
Enter the file name: mbox-short.txt
Average spam confidence: 0.750718518519
Test your file on the mbox.txt and mbox-short.txt files.
# your code here
Exercise 3. Add an Easter Egg¶
The following code was provided in the material belonging to today’s python for everyone lesson:
```
fname = input('Enter the file name: ')
fhand = open(fname)
count = 0
for line in fhand:
if line.startswith('Subject:'):
count = count + 1
print('There were', count, 'subject lines in', fname)
# Code: http://www.py4e.com/code3/search6.py
```
Sometimes when programmers get bored or want to have a bit of fun, they add a harmless Easter Egg to their program. Modify the code above that prompts the user for the file name so that it prints a funny message when the user types in the exact file name “na na boo boo”. The program should behave normally for all other files which exist and don’t exist. Here are three sample of the expected behavior when executing your code
Enter the file name: mbox.txt
There were 1797 subject lines in mbox.txt
Enter the file name: missing.tyxt
File cannot be opened: missing.tyxt
Enter the file name: na na boo boo
NA NA BOO BOO TO YOU - You have been punk'd!
We are not encouraging you to put Easter Eggs in your programs; this is just an exercise.
# your code here
Exercise 4. Read files until you are done¶
Add an outer loop to the code in exercise 3 that repeatedly prompts the user to enter a file name until they type ‘Done’ (case insensitive). Within the loop, the existing code should execute for each file name entered.
# your code here