CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-2.7
isaaccantprogram
isaaccantprogram

Reputation: 19

getting output with weird text like☻

Hey! I am getting a problem with my script.

I wrote it when reading LPTHW book.

I am not getting an error message but I am not getting the correct output, I think there might be a setting wrong with my system. I am confused.

Here is the script:

from sys import argv

script, filename = argv


print "We're going to erase %r." % filename
print "If you don't want that, hit CTRL-C (^C)."
print "If you do want that, hit RETURN."

raw_input("?")

print "Opening the file..."
target = open(filename, 'w+')

print "Truncating the file. Goodbye!"
target.truncate()

print "Now I'm going to ask you for three lines."

line1= raw_input("line1: ")
line2= raw_input("line2: ")
line3= raw_input("line3: ")

print "I'm going to write these to the file."

target.write(line1)
target.write("\n")
target.write(line2)
target.write("\n")
target.write(line3)
target.write("\n")

print "Now, I am going to read the file"
print target.read()

print "And finally, we close it."
target.close()

and here is the output:

PS C:\Users\Isaac\lpthw> python ex1.py sample.txt
We're going to erase 'sample.txt'.
If you don't want that, hit CTRL-C (^C).
If you do want that, hit RETURN.
?
Opening the file...
Truncating the file. Goodbye!
Now I'm going to ask you for three lines.
line1: i
line2: love
line3: mo
I'm going to write these to the file.
Now, I am going to read the file
#☻    ` ▬☻    ` ▬☻      .☻

Upvotes: 1

Views: 252

Answers (1)

Michael Mrozek
Michael Mrozek

Reputation: 175605

When you call target.write(), the file pointer is left just after the written data. You can call target.tell() to see where it is:

>>> target.tell()
0
>>> target.write('hello')
>>> target.tell()
5

You need to seek to the beginning of the file before you read it:

target.seek(0)
print target.read()

Upvotes: 6

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