Read a Whole Folder

10 pts · 10 coins

Python for AIMedium

Read a Whole Folder

A folder holds a few small text files. You want all of them in one dictionary.

Write folder_contents(folder). Return a dictionary that maps each file name in the folder to that file's text, with .strip() applied.

Use os.listdir to find the file names.
An empty folder gives {}.

The starter has a helper make_folder(folder, files) that builds a test folder from a dictionary and returns the folder name. Leave it as it is.

Examples

folder = make_folder('pets', {'cat.txt': 'tabby\n', 'dog.txt': 'collie\n'})

returns {'dog.txt': 'collie', 'cat.txt': 'tabby'}

folder = make_folder("fc_a", {"x.txt": "first\n", "y.txt": "second\n"})

returns {'y.txt': 'second', 'x.txt': 'first'}

folder = make_folder("fc_b", {"note.txt": " hello \n"})

returns {'note.txt': 'hello'}

Hints

solution.py

1import os
2
3
4def make_folder(folder, files):
5    os.makedirs(folder, exist_ok=True)
6    for name in files:
7        with open(folder + "/" + name, "w") as f:
8            f.write(files[name])
9    return folder
10
11def folder_contents(folder):
12    # your code here
13    pass
14