Notes

https://onecompiler.com/python/3w7xt85ca

# open a file called employee for reading
emp = open("employee.txt")
# open the van wyk file for writting so we can add all employee with the van wyk surname
vanwyk= open("vanwyk.txt", "w")
anotherEmp = open("anothe.txt.", "w")
totvanwyk = 0 # to count the total number of employees with the surname van wyk
# for loop that will go through each record in a file
for record in emp
number,surname,initials,salary = record.split(",") # 1,van wyk, j,3000
if surname == "van wyk":
# write all the employees details whose surname is van wyk into a file
vanwyk,write("",joinrecord) + "r")
totvanwyk= totvanwyk + 1 # To count the total number of employees with the surname van wyk

else:
another Emp.writer(""join(record) + "r") # Adding all other employees in a file called another
print("",join(record)) # Print each employee details)
Print("The total number of employee with the surname van wyk is:", totvanwyk)
vanwyk.close()
anotherEmp.close()
emp.close()

vanwyk = open("vanwyk,txt", "r") # openned the van wyk file for reading

for rec in vanwyk
rec = vanwyk.readline() # Allows to read all the records in the van wyk file
print(rec)

vanwyk.close()