Practice Working With Binary Files (13.6) - File Handling

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Question 1.
What is the primary difference between text files and binary files?
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Think about the readability of the files.
Question 2.
What class do you use in C++ to write binary files?
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Consider how files are opened in C++.
3Question 3.
What are binary files primarily used for?
- Storing plain text data
- Storing images and audio
- Data logging
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Think about formats that aren't easily represented in text.
4Question 4.
True or False: Binary files contain readable characters.
- True
- False
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Recall the definition of binary vs text.
Question 5.
Write a C++ program that prompts the user for 5 integers, stores them in a binary file, then reads them back and displays the values.
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Use loops for input and proper stream methods for output.
Question 6.
In Python, write a program that accepts a list of floats, writes them to a binary file, then reads the file contents into a list and calculates the average.
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Consider how to convert between types when writing and reading.

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