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Implemented Pickle Toolbox #49

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implemented pickle code
Mar 14, 2016
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30 changes: 27 additions & 3 deletions counter.py
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""" A program that stores and updates a counter using a Python pickle file"""

from os.path import exists
import sys
from pickle import dump, load
import os
import pickle

def update_counter(file_name, reset=False):
""" Updates a counter stored in the file 'file_name'
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>>> update_counter('blah2.txt')
2
"""
pass
if os.path.exists(file_name) == False:
f = open(file_name, 'w')
counter = 1
pickle.dump(counter, f)
f.close
return counter

elif os.path.exists(file_name) == True:
if reset == True:
f = open(file_name, 'w')
counter = 1
pickle.dump(counter, f)
f.close
return counter

else:
f = open(file_name, 'r+')
counter = pickle.load(f)
counter += 1
f.seek(0,0)
pickle.dump(counter, f)
f.close
return counter

print counter

if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
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