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Question 6 

songs = [
    ("Hey Jude", "The Beatles", 7),
    ("Respect", "Aretha Franklin", 2),
    ("Dreams", "Fleetwood Mac", 4),
    ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Queen", 6),
]

Code Snippets

Program A 

file = open("playlist.txt", "w")
file.write("Hey Jude")
file.write("Respect")
file.write("Dreams")
file.close()

Program B 

file = open("playlist.txt", "w")
file.write("Hey Jude\n")
file.write("Respect\n")
file.write("Dreams\n")
file.close()

Program C 

file = open("playlist.txt", "w")
file.write("Hey Jude\tThe Beatles\t7\n")
file.write("Respect\tAretha Franklin\t2\n")
file.write("Dreams\tFleetwood Mac\t4\n")
file.close()

Program D 

with open("playlist.txt", "w") as file:
    file.write("Hey Jude\tThe Beatles\t7\n")
    file.write("Respect\tAretha Franklin\t2\n")
    file.write("Dreams\tFleetwood Mac\t4\n")
print("Done")

Program E 

with open("playlist.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
        print(line)

Program F 

with open("playlist.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
        print(repr(line))

Program G 

with open("playlist.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
        fields = line.split("\t")
        print(fields)

Program H 

total = 0
with open("playlist.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
        fields = line.split("\t")
        total += int(fields[2])
print(total)