Create unit9_ex9.1.1.py

Author: lironmiz

unit9_ex9.1.1.py

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+# exercise 9.1.1 from unit 9
+'''
+Write a function called are_files_equal defined as follows:
+
+def are_files_equal(file1, file2):
+The function accepts as parameters paths of two text files (strings).
+
+The function returns true (True) if the files are identical in content, otherwise returns false (False).
+
+An example of running the are_files_equal function with different files
+>>> are_files_equal("c:\vacation.txt", "c:\work.txt")
+False
+'''
+
+def are_files_equal(file1, file2):
+    # open the first file and read its contents
+    with open(file1, 'r') as f:
+        contents1 = f.read()
+    # open the second file and read its contents
+    with open(file2, 'r') as f:
+        contents2 = f.read()
+    # compare the contents of the two files
+    return contents1 == contents2
+
+# test the function
+print(are_files_equal("c:\\vacation.txt", "c:\\work.txt"))