Basic File Handling
Students learn to read from and write to text files, enabling programs to store and retrieve data persistently.
Key Questions
- Explain why file handling is important for data persistence.
- Construct a Python program that writes user input to a text file.
- Critique a program's file handling for potential errors like overwriting data.
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
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