Question

Write a program that first reads in the name of an input file, followed by two strings representing the lower and upper bounds of a search range. The file should be read using the file.readlines() method. The input file contains a list of alphabetical, ten-letter strings, each on a separate line. Your program should output all strings from the list that are within that range (inclusive of the bounds).

Answer 1

Answer:

filepath = 'Iliad.txt'

start = 'sometxtstart'

end = 'sometxtend'

apending = False

out = ""

with open(filepath) as fp:

   line = fp.readline()

   while line:

       txt = line.strip()

       if(txt == end):

           apending = False

       if(apending):

           out+=txt + '\n'

       if(txt == start):

           apending = True                

       line = fp.readline()

print(out)

Answer 2

Answer:

def func(filename, lower, upper):

   file = open(filename, 'r').readlines()

   for i in range(int(lower), int(upper)):

       print(file[i].rstrip())

func('strings','2','4')

Explanation:

file is provided below, name: strings in text format

appleelppa

banananana

cattaccatt

dogdogdogd

elephanttn

froggorffr

goattaoggo

horseesroh

illiterate

jumppmujju