(no subject)

[Emile van Sebille]

You're probably using a name that wasn't previously
a file in that directory, so the file is created,
and therefore empty when you read it.  Try putting
a text file there, then reading it.

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Phoon, David <DPhoon at acnielsen.com.au>
To: <python-list at cwi.nl>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 6:35 PM
Subject: (no subject)


> hi
>
>
> I am trying out the tutorial to file reading and writing and when I
run
> python in nt
> eg >>> f=open('c:\temp\myfile.txt','r')
> >>> f.read()
> yields a blank string...""
>
> how do i parse the arguments in open??
>
>
> thanks
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