KwickClips Java · 40 sec · free
What does w mode do to old text?
Short answer. It wipes it before writing.
Why use with?
It closes the file for you.
Remember
| w writes, and wipes old text |
| with closes the file for you |
Save text to a file and read it back in four lines. Open with w to write the text. Open with no mode to read it back. Read gives Riya ninety one. Two points. W writes, but wipes old text first. With closes the file for you.
This clip is from the full lesson: File Handling — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 9 Information Technology (402), ICSE Class 9 Computer Applications, ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868), ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868)
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