JamesAskew / pyString

pyString

A simple python script to read lines from one txt file, update the content and write the result to another file.

Python Version

You will need a minimum version of 3.6 installed to run the code. Download the latest version from the Python website:

• https://www.python.org/downloads/

IDE

You can use any IDE you fancy. I used Visual Studio Code with the Python extension

• https://code.visualstudio.com/
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python

This documentation from Microsoft will get you set up with Visual Studio Code for Python development

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

Literal String Interpolation (f-strings)

The actual formatting of the message is done using string interpolation. You can read more about this in the following articles.

• https://realpython.com/python-f-strings/#f-strings-a-new-and-improved-way-to-format-strings-in-python
• https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/

Reading and Writing files

Information on how to open, create and overwrite files

• https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/file-operation