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How to use a text file as a database while programming

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Welcome back to another post of Teckguide. It has been really long since I have written a post, I am really sorry about that. But I am back with a useful and informative post for all of you. In this post we will see how to use a simple text file as a database. Not a lot of people realize this but normal text file can be a simple alternative for a database like SQL, mongo etc. Although a database is simple to use, beginners find it difficult to use them in their program. So this post if for you if you belong to that category. But before that, What is a database? A database is a collection of data that is stored in the form of tables or relations to easily access any element and all its aspects in one place. These databases have a special column for a ‘primary key’ where a value, that uniquely differentiates all the element, is stored. So it can be imagined like a table with multiple rows and columns. A database can multiple tables. For example, a company can have a da...