1. avgData.py
2. file_search.py
3. file_write.py

# Computes the average high temperature from a file that contains the daily
# high temperatures for last year at one location.
# By CSCI 111

DATAFILE="data/alaska.dat"

dataFile = open(DATAFILE, "r")

# initialize our line count
lineCount = 0

# initialize the total temperature
totalTemp = 0

for line in dataFile:
    lineCount += 1
    currentTemp = float(line)    
    totalTemp += currentTemp

dataFile.close()

# calculate the average
average = totalTemp/lineCount

print("The average temperature is {:6.2f}".format(average))

# Given a file and a term to search for,
# find which lines the term is on and the
# total number of lines that contained that term
# By CSCI 111

FILENAME="data/years.csv"

print("This program will find out how many lines the given search term")
print("is on in", FILENAME,"and show those lines")
print()
print("Looking at file", FILENAME)

searchFor = "Senior" # later, get user input

# count the number of lines contain the searchterm
countLines = 0

# which line are we on
whichLine = 0

dataFile = open(FILENAME, "r")

# loop through all the lines in the file
for line in dataFile:

    # update which line we're on
    whichLine += 1
    
    # check if the line contains the search term
    if searchFor in line: 
        # update our countLines accumulator
        countLines += 1
        # display which line we found the search term on
        print(whichLine)
# close the file
dataFile.close()

# display the total number of times we found the search term
print(searchFor, "is in", FILENAME, countLines, "times")
    

# Writes content from a user to a file
# by Sara Sprenkle

PROMPT = "Enter the next line in the file: "

outfilename = input("What is the name of your output file? ")
numLines = eval(input("How many lines do you want to write? "))

# create a new file object, in "write" mode
dataFile = open(outfilename, "w")

for x in range(numLines):
    userinput = input(PROMPT)
    # write the user's input to the file
    dataFile.write(userinput)
    # write a newline after each input from the user
    dataFile.write("\n")

# close the file with the method "close"
dataFile.close()