Question 3 - Past Year - 2 Mark Questions - Chapter 2 - File Handling in Python

Last updated at April 16, 2024 by

Differentiate between a Text File and a Binary File.

 

Answer:

Text File

Binary File

Stores information in ASCII or Unicode characters.

Stores information in the form of 0s and 1s.

Can store only plain text.

Can store different types of date ie., audio, text, image, in a single file.

Each line is terminated using a special character called EOL (end of line) character.

There is no delimiter for lines.

 

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