CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-2.7
Semaphore
Semaphore

Reputation: 73

Why does a user inputted path return file not found?

I have code designed to take a file from a path I input at runtime. When I enter the path I expect to see the contents of the file but instead I'm met with the error No such file or directory. After doing some googling I found a SO post here Python - input of file path but the accepted answer didn't apply. Why am I not getting my expected results? note: I am using visual studios 2017 to run this.

My current source is:

def GetFile(input):
    end_ = ""
    data = open(input, 'r')
    for line in data:
        end_ = end_ + line
    data.close()
    return end_
dir = raw_input("Please enter the directory in which the file exists: ")

out = GetFile(dir)

print(out) #To see what was taken from the file

I have also tried using another function based off of suggestions in python docs as follows:

   def GetFile2(input):
        end2 = ""
        with open(input,'r') as f:
            end2 = f.read()
        return end2

When I try either one, my result looks like: Imgur

I have also tried the following to no avail:

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (1)

melpomene
melpomene

Reputation: 85767

Your Windows (or rather Explorer) is configured not to show file extensions. The actual name of your file is C:\Users\Semaphore\Desktop\test.txt.txt.

Upvotes: 2

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