Introduction

We would like to :

I would like to discuss basic file input.
- Files provide us the ability to deal with larger amounts of data.
- Most programs will read from or write to a file, or perhaps both.
- For this week, we will do basic file input.
We first need to lean about exceptions from section 3.7.
Then we will deal with basic file input Chapter 11.
We will finish by looking at a few examples.
But a few comments
- The way you learn to code is by
  - Understanding the background material
  - Looking at and understanding examples
  - Following the examples to write code on your own.
  - Writing code without the examples, but with references
- If you are using examples form other sources
  - Make sure that you understand what you are using.
  - Just copying code for a grade is dumb.
- Some of you are submitting
  - Code that does not match what we are talking about.
  - And is way too complex.
- Be careful, cutting and pasting is not a marketable skill
  - Don't make it easy for chatGPT to replace you.