Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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## 2. load_friendsdb

### Description
The `load_friendsdb` function performs the opposite operation of `save_friendsdb`. It accepts a single argument, `filename`, which specifies the file to be opened for reading. The function reads the content of the file line by line, extracting data to form a new friends database, which is then returned. Each line in the file is expected to contain a friend's name, followed by a tab character, and then the friend's height, ending with a newline.

### Example Usage
Here is an example of how you might call the `load_friendsdb` function:

```python
>>> load_friendsdb("friendsdb.tsv")
[{'name': 'bimmy', 'height': 600}, {'name': 'Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa', 'height': 175}]
```

### Explanation
- **Input**: The function takes in one parameter, which is the filename (`"friendsdb.tsv"` in the sample call).
- **Output**: The function returns a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary contains information about a friend, with keys `'name'` and `'height'`.

This function is useful for reconstructing a database of friends from a file stored in a tab-separated values (TSV) format.
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Transcribed Image Text:## 2. load_friendsdb ### Description The `load_friendsdb` function performs the opposite operation of `save_friendsdb`. It accepts a single argument, `filename`, which specifies the file to be opened for reading. The function reads the content of the file line by line, extracting data to form a new friends database, which is then returned. Each line in the file is expected to contain a friend's name, followed by a tab character, and then the friend's height, ending with a newline. ### Example Usage Here is an example of how you might call the `load_friendsdb` function: ```python >>> load_friendsdb("friendsdb.tsv") [{'name': 'bimmy', 'height': 600}, {'name': 'Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa', 'height': 175}] ``` ### Explanation - **Input**: The function takes in one parameter, which is the filename (`"friendsdb.tsv"` in the sample call). - **Output**: The function returns a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary contains information about a friend, with keys `'name'` and `'height'`. This function is useful for reconstructing a database of friends from a file stored in a tab-separated values (TSV) format.
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