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Exercises:

e n i l e t i r w e
s y r o t c e r i d
n e k o t s q h e r
e f m e t s f l e p
p p s s i i i a s c
o e i z l m d e l e
r x e e i l e o r o
e e r t i k s y e f
t k e n z e l j a d
b r e w r i t e d n
close, delimiter, directory, eof, exists, file, open, read, readline,
reset, seek, size, token, write, writeline
words

1. Create a file in the directory where you save your programs
named “numbers.txt”. Open it with a text editor, like Notepad in
Windows or gEdit in LINUX, and type in a list of decimal numbers.
Put each one on a separate line.

Now write a program to read the numbers from the file, one line
at a time. Calculate the total of the numbers in the file and the
average.

Remember to use the float() function to convert the string you
read from the file to a numeric value before you add it to the
running total.

2. Create a file in the directory where you save your programs
named “people.txt”. Open it with a text editor, like Notepad in

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