Chapter 10 Programming Exercise 2

# Josh Roybal
# CIS 122
#Chapter 10 Programming Exercise #2

import os
import os.path
from random import randint

fileName = "./names.dat"

name1 = "Josh"
name2 = "Sarah"
name3 = "Jon"
name4 = "Shea"
name5 = "Jeanne"

if os.path.isfile(fileName) and os.access(fileName, os.R_OK):
    print("File exists and is readable")
    with open(fileName, 'w') as file:
        print("File is open for writing! \n")
        file.write(name1)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name2)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name3)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name4)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name5)
else:
    print("File is missing or unreadable")
    with open(fileName, 'w') as file:
        print("Creating file... \n")
        file.write(name1)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name2)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name3)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name4)
        file.write("\n")
        file.write(name5)

with open(fileName, 'r') as file:
    count = 0
    while count < 5:
        print(file.readline())
        count += 1

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