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A-LevelComputer ScienceFile HandlingMay/June 2025Paper 4 Q225 Marks

A program reads data from a text file, splits the data depending on its content and stores the separated data into different files. The text file TheData.txt contains 72 lines of data. Each line of data has an integer number and a string colour that are separated by a comma. For example, the first line in the file is: 10,red The integer is 10 and the string is "red" The file contains six different colours: red, green, blue, orange, yellow, pink.

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Award 1 mark for identifying the correct principle. Award 1 mark for showing clear working. Common errors include failing to convert units and misreading the scale. The examiner report notes that only 34% of candidates achieved full marks on this question.

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

Topic

This structured question tests File Handling in A-Level Computer Science (syllabus code 9618). It is worth 25 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science May/June 2025 examination, Paper 4 Variant 1.

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