Working with fixed format text db's

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2007-06-08, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666 at gmx.net> wrote:
> In <slrnf6iut7.14k.horpner at FIAD06.norwich.edu>, Neil Cerutti wrote:
>
>> new = file("new.dat", "w")
>> if not new:
>>     print "Error. Could not open file new.dat for writing."
>>     raw_input("Press Return To Exit.")
>>     sys.exit(1)
>
> Hey, Python is not C.  File objects should *always* be "true".
> An error is handled via exceptions.

Thanks. Update in progress.

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Neil Cerutti
The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing. --Dizzy Dean