BINARY FILES-1
"Binary" files are any files where the format
isn't made up of readable characters.
Binary files can range from image files like
WHAT JPEGs or GIFs or audio files or word files etc
ARE Files will open in appropriate softwares like
photoshop, word etc
BINARY
FILES? Data type is preserved in binary file
There are not EOF characters
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To open a file in binary mode
“b” is added to the mode
Creating f=open("file.txt","wb")
Binary
Files in f=open('file1.dat','rb')
Python
f=open('file1.dat', 'ab+')
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File extension can be .txt as well as .dat
Writing into Binary files (Pickling)
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• Pickle module is used to handle binary files
import pickle
f=open("file1.dat","wb")
d={1:"apple",2:"mango"}
pickle.dump(d,f) Dump writes the object d in file object f
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Writing into Binary files
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Writing Multiple type of data into binary files
import pickle
f=open("file2.dat","wb")
a="New thing" # string
l=[10,20,30,40] #List
d={1:"apple",2:"mango"} #dictionary
pickle.dump(a,f)
pickle.dump(l,f)
pickle.dump(d,f)
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f.close()
Reading data from a binary file (Unpickling)
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• Simple reading Output
import pickle New thing <class 'str'>
f=open("file2.dat","rb") [10, 20, 30, 40] <class 'list'>
m=pickle.load(f) {1: 'apple', 2: 'mango'} <class 'dict'>
print(m,type(m))
n=pickle.load(f) Load method returns object data from the pickled file
print(n,type(n))
o=pickle.load(f)
print(o,type(o))
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How to read data from binary file where no of records are not known
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import pickle
f=open("file2.dat","rb")
while(True): while(True) - Infinite loop
try: Exception handled
obj=pickle.load(f) EOFError
print(obj)
except EOFError: Output
New thing
f.close()
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[10, 20, 30, 40]
{1: 'apple', 2: 'mango'}
break
Serialization
The pickle module is used for implementing binary protocols
for serializing and de-serializing a Python object structure.
• “Pickling” is the process whereby a Python object hierarchy is
converted into a byte stream
• “Unpickling” is the inverse operation, whereby a byte stream
(from a binary fileor bytes-like object)
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Application of pickle module
Task
1) UDF Save dictionary object containing {RNO, Name, Marks} to a pickled
file student.dat
2) UDF Read all objects from file student.dat
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1) UDF Save dictionary object containing {RNO,
Name, Marks} to a pickled file student.dat
import pickle def readfile():
def writefile(): f=open("student.dat","rb")
fobj=open("student.dat","ab") while True:
d["rno"]=int(input('Enter the rno')) try:
d["name"]=input('Enter the name') obj=pickle.load(f)
d["marks"]=int(input('Enter the marks')) print(obj)
pickle.dump(d,fobj) except EOFError:
fobj.close() break
f.close()
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1) UDF Read all objects from file student.dat
def menu():
while(True):
print("1: Write data")
print("2: Read data")
print("3: Exit")
ch=int(input('Enter the choice'))
if(ch==1):
writefile()
elif(ch==2): Binary-5.py
readfile()
elif(ch==3):
break
menu()
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Recap
1) The process of pickling in Python includes:
A) conversion of list into a database
B) conversion of byte stream into object hierarchy
C) conversion of a Python object hierarchy into byte stream
D)conversion of a datatable into a list
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Recap
2) The method _____________ allows serialize a data stream
3) Differentiate between write() and dump() methods?
4) Differentiate between load() and read() methods?
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