Writing to Text Files
Students will write Python code to create and write data to new or existing text files.
Key Questions
- Justify the need for data persistence in applications like a high-score tracker.
- Design a program that allows a user to input notes and saves them to a text file.
- Compare the implications of 'writing' versus 'appending' data to a file.
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