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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: | 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: | ||
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<source lang="text"> | <source lang="text"> | ||
Washington (CNN) -- If you're | Washington (CNN) -- If you're | ||
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a lot of political campaigns, | a lot of political campaigns, | ||
the Supreme Court ruled | the Supreme Court ruled | ||
| − | Wednesday that you can. The 5-4 | + | Wednesday that you can. The |
| − | ruling eliminated limits on how | + | 5-4 ruling eliminated limits |
| − | + | on how much money people can | |
| − | total in one election season. | + | donate in total in one |
| − | However, the decision left | + | election season. However, the |
| − | intact the current $5,200 limit | + | decision left intact the |
| − | + | current $5,200 limit on how | |
| − | + | much an individual can give to | |
| − | during a two-year election | + | any single candidate during a |
| − | cycle. Until now, an individual | + | two-year election cycle. Until |
| − | donor could give up to $123,200 | + | now, an individual donor could |
| + | give up to $123,200 per cycle. | ||
| + | </source> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | If the program had been set to wrap at 10, this is what it would have stored in the file: | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | <source lang="text"> | ||
| + | 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. | per cycle. | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 2 April 2014
--D. Thiebaut (talk) 18:25, 2 April 2014 (EDT)
Contents
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.
If the program had been set to wrap at 10, this is what it would have stored in the file:
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.
