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This program allows the user to delete a record from a coffee.txt file. It opens the original file and a temporary file, then iterates through each record in the original file. If the record does not match the user's input, it is written to the temporary file. Otherwise, a flag is set to true. It then closes and deletes the original file, renames the temporary file to the original name. Finally, it prints a message depending on whether the item was found.

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Python

This program allows the user to delete a record from a coffee.txt file. It opens the original file and a temporary file, then iterates through each record in the original file. If the record does not match the user's input, it is written to the temporary file. Otherwise, a flag is set to true. It then closes and deletes the original file, renames the temporary file to the original name. Finally, it prints a message depending on whether the item was found.

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# This program allows the user to delete

# a record in the coffee.txt file.

import os # Needed for the remove and rename functions

def main():
# Create a bool variable to use as a flag.
found = False

# Get the coffee to delete.


search = input('Which coffee do you want to delete? ')

# Open the original coffee.txt file.


coffee_file = open('coffee.txt', 'r')

# Open the temporary file.


temp_file = open('temp.txt', 'w')

# Iterate each record


for record in coffee_file:
# remove trailing \n
record = record.rstrip('\n')

# split the record into the two fields description and quantity
description, quantity = record.split(',')
quantity = int(quantity)

# If this is not the record to delete, then


# write it to the temporary file.
if description != search:
# Write the record to the temp file.
temp_file.write(record + '\n')
else:
# Set the found flag to True.
found = True

# Close the coffee file and the temporary file.


coffee_file.close()
temp_file.close()

# Delete the original coffee.txt file.


os.remove('coffee.txt')

# Rename the temporary file.


os.rename('temp.txt', 'coffee.txt')

# If the search value was not found in the file


# display a message.
if found:
print('The file has been updated.')
else:
print('That item was not found in the file.')

# Call the main function.


main()

EXCEPTIONS
Exceptions in Python are a way to handle errors and unexpected situations in your code. When an error occurs, Python raises an exception, which is
an object that represents the error. You can catch and handle exceptions using the try-except block. Inside the try block, you write the code that might
raise an exception, and inside the except block, you define how to handle the exception. This helps to prevent your program from crashing and allows
you to gracefully handle errors. IT IS error that occurs while a program is running
EXAMPLE:
# This program divides a number by another number.
def main():
# Get two numbers.
num1 = int(input('Enter a number: '))
num2 = int(input('Enter another number: '))
# Divide num1 by num2 and display the result.
result = num1 / num2
print(num1, 'divided by', num2, 'is', result)
# Call the main function.
main()
Many exceptions can be prevented by careful coding
EXAMPLE:
# This program displays the contents
# of a file.
def main():
# Get the name of a file.
filename = input('Enter a filename: ')
try:
# Open the file.
infile = open(filename, 'r')
# Read the file's contents.
contents = infile.read()
# Display the file's contents.
print(contents)
# Close the file.
infile.close()
except FileNotFoundError:
print('An error occurred trying to read the file', filename)
print('Done')
# Call the main function.
main()

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