CSC111 Homework 9 2014

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 18:25, 2 April 2014 (EDT)

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This program deals with text files, writing and reading files, and using Python to process files.

Problem #1

Write a program that reformats text files and rewraps the text to a specified width.

Here is an example. Assume you have a text file called CNN.txt that contains this text (taken from Google news on 4/2/14):

Washington (CNN) -- If you're rich and want to give money to a lot of political campaigns, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that you can. The 5-4 ruling eliminated limits on how much money people can donate in total in one election season. However, the decision left intact the current $5,200 limit on how much an individual can give to any single candidate during a two-year election cycle. Until now, an individual donor could give up to $123,200 per cycle.

Let's assume that the program is set to rewrap the text in the file to a width of 30 characters, here is what it would write back in the file, after having read it:

Washington (CNN) -- If you're
rich and want to give money to
a lot of political campaigns,
the Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday that you can. The 5-4
ruling eliminated limits on how
much money people can donate in
total in one election season.
However, the decision left
intact the current $5,200 limit
on how much an individual can
give to any single candidate
during a two-year election
cycle. Until now, an individual
donor could give up to $123,200
per cycle.