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Which mode gives raw bytes?
Short answer. Binary mode, like rb or wb.
What are these also called?
Character streams and byte streams.
Two ways to read
| Mode | You get | Use for |
|---|---|---|
| r, w | characters | .txt files |
| rb, wb | bytes | photos, PDF |
Remember
| Text mode: characters |
| Add b: raw bytes |
One file can give letters or numbers. How? Here is how. Text mode, r or w, gives characters. Binary mode, r b or w b, gives raw bytes. These are character and byte streams. Text mode gives characters. Add the letter b for raw bytes.
This clip is from the full lesson: File Handling — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 9 Information Technology (402), ICSE Class 9 Computer Applications, ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868), ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868)
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