--- a/day1/cheatsheet2.tex Wed Nov 18 18:37:15 2009 +0530
+++ b/day1/cheatsheet2.tex Wed Nov 18 19:26:48 2009 +0530
@@ -124,15 +124,24 @@
A string can be split based on the delimiter specified within quotes. A combination of more than one delimiter can also be used.\\
\typ{In []: greet.split(', ')}\\
\typ{Out[]: ['hello', 'world']}\\Note the whitespace is not there anymore.
-
+\newpage
\section{Plotting from Files}
-\subsection{Opening, reading and writing files}
+\subsection{Opening files}
+
+\typ{In []: f = open('datafile.txt')}\\By default opens in read mode. \\If file does not exist then it throws an exception\\
+\typ{In []: f = open('datafile.txt','r')}\\Specifying the read mode\\
+\typ{In []: f = open('datafile.txt', 'w')}\\Opens the file in write mode. \\If the file already exists, then it deletes all the previous content and opens.
+
+\subsection{Reading from files}
+Just like lists files are iterable as well.
\begin{lstlisting}
- In []: f = open('datafile.txt') #By default opens in read mode. If file does not exist then it throws an exception
- In []: f = open('datafile.txt','r') #Specifying the read mode
- In []: f = open('datafile.txt', 'w') #Opens the file in write mode. If the file already exists, then it deletes all the previous content and opens.
+ In []: for line in f:
+ ...: print line
+ ...:
+ ...:
\end{lstlisting}
+
\subsection{Plotting}
\begin{lstlisting}
l = []