Creating and naming files in Intro to Computing - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a new file named 'notes.txt'.

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file = open('notes[1]', 'w')

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A.txt

B.doc

C.pdf

D.exe

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using an incorrect file extension like '.exe' which is for executable files.

Forgetting to include the dot before the extension.

The file extension '.txt' is used for plain text files. This code opens (or creates) a file named 'notes.txt' for writing.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to close the file after writing.

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file = open('data[1]', 'w')
file.write('Hello')
file.[2]()

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Aopen

Bclose

C.txt

Dread

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'open()' instead of 'close()' to close the file.

Forgetting the dot before the file extension.

The blank in the filename should be '.txt' to create a text file named 'data.txt'. The method to close the file is 'close()'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to create a file named 'report.doc'.

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file = open('report[1]', 'w')

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A.doc

B.txt

C.docx

D.pdf

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '.txt' for a Word document file.

Using '.pdf' which is a different file type.

The file extension '.doc' is used for Microsoft Word documents. This code creates a file named 'report.doc'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a file named 'summary.csv' and write 'data' into it.

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file = open('summary[1]', '[2]')
file.write('data')
file.close()

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A.csv

Bw

Cr

D.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'r' mode which is for reading, not writing.

Using '.txt' instead of '.csv' for the file extension.

The file extension '.csv' is used for comma-separated values files. The mode 'w' opens the file for writing.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a file named 'logfile.log', write 'error' into it, and then close it.

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file = open('logfile[1]', '[2]')
file.write('[3]')
file.close()

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A.log

Bw

Cerror

Dr

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'r' mode which is for reading, not writing.

Writing the wrong string or forgetting to close the file.

The file extension '.log' is used for log files. The mode 'w' opens the file for writing. The string 'error' is written into the file.