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navyad
navyad

Reputation: 3860

python : case of opening a file

code : 

f = open('workfile', 'r')   Line #1
if f != None :              Line #2
     print f.read()         Line #3

workfile is not there in the directory, so understandably python create one.(Although in python documentation they did not mention it ). ok

but when i change the file name from 'workfile to 'names 'with same code 

 f = open('names', 'r')   Line #1

it shows IOError : No such file or directory.

why didn't it created another file of 'names' ? as it did in case of 'workfile'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 404

Answers (1)

Serdalis
Serdalis

Reputation: 10489

You are trying to open the file for reading using the r argument.

For python to try and create a file you need to specify the write command w like:

 f = open('names', 'w')

or if you want to append to an already created file you use the a command:

 f = open('names', 'a')

or for both reading and writing (will create a file):

 f = open('names', 'r+')

The python documentation is pretty good to read up on too if you have queries.

Upvotes: 2

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