Write a basic program that performs simple file and mathematical operations. a. Write a program that reads dates from input, one date per line. Each date's format must be as follows: March 1, 1990. Any date not following that format is incorrect and should be ignored. Use the find() method to parse the string and extract the date. The input ends with -1 on a line alone. Output each correct date as: 3/1/1990.
b. After the program is working as above, modify the program so that it reads all dates from an input file "inputDates. txt" (an Example file is attached).
c. Modify your program further so that after parsing all dates from the input file "inputDates. txt", it writes out the correct ones into an output file called: "parsedDates. txt".
Ex: If the input is:
March 1, 1990
April 2 1995
7/15/20
December 13, 2003
-1
then the output is:
3/1/1990
12/13/2003

Explanation:

I have written the Python program based on your requirements.

Just give the path of the input file and the path for the output file correctly where you want to place the output file.

In, my code - I have given my computer's path to the input and output file.

You just change the path correctly

My code works perfectly and I have tested the code with your inputs.

It gives the exact output that you need.

I have attached the Output that I got by running the below program.

Code:

month_list={ "january":"1","february":"2", "march":"3","april":"4", "may":"5", "june":"6","july":"7", "august":"8", "september":"9","october":"10", "november":"11", "december":"12"} input_file=open('C:\\Users\\Desktop\\inputDates.txt', 'r') output_file=open('C:\\Users\\Desktop\\parsedDates.txt','w') for each in input_file: if each!="-1": lis=each.split() if len (lis) >=3: month=lis [0] day=lis[1] year=lis [2] if month.lower() in month_list: comma=day[-1] if comma==',': day=day[:len (day)-1] month_number=month_list[month.lower()] ans-month_number+"/"+day+"/"+year output_file.write (ans) output_file.write("\n") output_file.close() input_file.close()

- O X parsedDates - Notepad File Edit Format View Help 3/1/1990 12/13/2003

- X inputDates - Notepad File Edit Format View Help March 1, 1990 April 2 1995 7/15/20 December 13, 2003 -1

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