Python File I/O: Extract characters from various text files and puts them into a list
Python File I/O: Exercise-19 with Solution
Write a Python program to extract characters from various text files and puts them into a list.
words1.txt Welcome to the Python Wiki, a user-editable compendium of knowledge based around the Python programming language. Some pages are protected against casual editing - see WikiEditingGuidelines for more information about editing content.
words2.txt Python is a great object-oriented, interpreted, and interactive programming language. It is often compared (favorably of course :-) ) to Lisp, Tcl, Perl, Ruby, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Fox Pro, Scheme or Java... and it's much more fun.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
import glob
char_list = []
files_list = glob.glob("*.txt")
for file_elem in files_list:
with open(file_elem, "r") as f:
char_list.append(f.read())
print(char_list)
Sample Output:
["Python is a great object-oriented, interpreted, and interactive\nprogramming language. It is often compared (favorably of course :-) )\nto Lisp, Tcl, Perl, Ruby, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Fox Pro, Scheme or Java...\nand it's much more fun.", 'Welcome to the Python Wiki, a user-editable compendium of knowledge\nbased around the Python programming language. Some pages are protected\nagainst casual editing - see WikiEditingGuidelines for more information\nabout editing content.\n']
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