Question

Write a script named dif.py. This script should prompt the user for the names of two text files and compare the contents of the two files to see if they are the same. If they are, the script should simply output "Yes". If they are not, the script should output "No", followed by the first lines of each file that differ from each other. The input loop should read and compare lines from each file, including whitespace and punctuation. The loop should break as soon as a pair of different lines is found.

Answer 1

Answer:

Following are the code to this question:

f1=input('Input first file name: ')#defining f1 variable that input file 1

f2=input('Input second file name: ')#defining f2 variable that input file 2

file1=open(f1,'r')#defining file1 variable that opens first files by using open method  

file2=open(f2,'r')#defining file1 variable that opens second files by using open method  

d1=file1.readlines()#defining d1 variable that use readlines method to read first file data

d2=file2.readlines()#defining d2 variable that use readlines method to read second file data

if d1==d2:#defining if block that check file data

   print('Yes')#when value is matched it will print message yes  

   exit# use exit keyword for exit from if block

for j in range(0,min(len(d1),len(d2))):#defining for loop that stores the length of the file  

   if (d1[j]!=d2[j]):#defining if block that check value is not matched

       print('No')#print the message "NO"

       print("mismatch values: ",d1[j]," ",d2[j])#print file values

Output:

please find the attached file.

Explanation:

code description:

• In the above code, the "f1 and f2" variable is used for input value from the user end, in which it stores the file names. In the next step, the "file1 and file2" variable is declared that uses the open method to open the file.
• In the next line, the"d1 and d2" variable is declared for reads file by using the "readlines" method.
• Then, if block is used that uses the "d1 and d2" variable to match the file value if it matches it will print "yes", otherwise a for loop is declared, that prints files mismatch values.