Chapter 7 (Files)

Question 1

Define Catch

Answer 1

To prevent an exception from terminating a program using the try and except statements.

Question 2

Define Newline

Answer 2

A special character used in files and strings to indicate the end of a line.

Question 3

Define Pythonic

Answer 3

A technique that works elegantly in Python. “Using try and except is the Pythonic way to recover from missing files.

Question 4

Define Quality Assurance

Answer 4

A person or team focused on ensuring the overall quality of a software product. QA is often involved in testing a product and ID-ing problems before the product is released.

Question 5

Define Text File

Answer 5

A sequence of characters is stored in permanent storage, like a hard drive.