fileIO reader example

Author: sbtries

1 Python/docs/class_code_examples/fileIO/Reader.py

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+class Reader:
+
+    def __init__(self, book_file):
+        self.book_file = book_file
+        self.text = ''
+
+    def load(self):
+        """
+        1) open 'file' with option 'r' for read
+        2) get the text from the file
+        """
+        with open(self.book_file, "r") as f_read:
+            self.text = f_read.read()
+
+        return self.text
+
+    def edit(self, new_text):
+        """
+        1) open file with open 'w' for write
+        2) take in additional text & concat onto existing file
+        3) save to the file
+        """
+        with open(self.book_file, "a") as f_write:
+            f_write.write(new_text)
+
+    def replace(self, new_text):
+        with open(self.book_file, "w") as f_write:
+            f_write.write(new_text)
+
+    def print(self):
+        """
+        print the text
+        """
+
+
+def main():
+    text = Reader('/Users/sb/Desktop/class_HB2/1 Python/docs/class_code_examples/fileIO/book.txt')  # create an instance of our class
+    text.load()
+    while True:
+        command = input('Enter a command: ')
+        if command == 'save':
+            new_text = input('add new text: ')
+            text.save(new_text)
+        elif command == 'print':
+            print('heeey')
+        else:
+            print('Command not recognized')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

1 Python/docs/class_code_examples/fileIO/book.txt

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+David 5551234
+Alice 6662345

1 Python/docs/class_code_examples/fileIO/contact.csv

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+name,phone number,state,zipe code
+Sarah Beth,123432112,VA,22906