8.3 · Lesson 1 of 1
File handling
Syllabus 8.3.1Syllabus 8.3.2
What this lesson covers
- Explain why data is stored in files
- Open, read, write and close files
Key vocabulary
- File
- A collection of data stored in secondary storage, kept after the program ends.
- OPENFILE
- Opens a file FOR READ or FOR WRITE.
- READFILE
- Reads the next line of a file into a variable.
- WRITEFILE
- Writes a value to a file as a new line.
- CLOSEFILE
- Closes a file when the program has finished with it.
- File mode
- How a file is opened: READ to read from it, WRITE to write to it.
Check your learning
- Quick check: 4 questions
- Key vocabulary test: 6 terms
- Activity 1: File handling · 5 questions
- Activity 2: File handling quiz · 7 questions
- Activity 3: Writing to a file · drag and drop