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Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science

8.3File handling

File handling in Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 8.3.1Explain why programs store data in files.
  2. 8.3.2Open, close, read from and write to a file (single items and lines of text).

Lessons

  • File handling: reading and writing text files

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File handling: sample question

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Which pseudocode keyword is used to finish using a file once a program no longer needs it?

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