A hotel salesperson enters sales in a text file. Each line contains the following, separated by semicolons:  the name of the client the service sold ( Dinner, Conference, Lodging) the amount of the sale the date of the event. Write a program that reads such a file and displays the total amount of each service category. Display an error if the file does not exist or the format is incorrect.

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A hotel salesperson enters sales in a text file. Each line contains the following, separated by semicolons: 

the name of the client

the service sold ( Dinner, Conference, Lodging)

the amount of the sale

the date of the event.

Write a program that reads such a file and displays the total amount of each service category. Display an error if the file does not exist or the format is incorrect.

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