[Tutor] Files and file attributes

Pat/Bob Fisher pbfisher@ispchannel.com
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:55:11 -0500


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I am pretty new at programming in Python, but have had experience in =
programming in other languages.  I went through the tutorial which I =
thought was fairly good, except the section on the methods of file =
objects was pretty sparse.  It seems to me that dealing with files is =
rather awkward. I have used the  list representation  filelist =3D =
f.readlines() and then used the fine list methods to manipulate the =
filelist, but I am having trouble getting a new file from  my new =
filelist.  The g.write('string') gives me a whole lot of extraneous =
stuff.
Another problem I am having is trying  to open files in other =
directories.  For example,
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   f=3Dopen('C:\tmp\testfile','r+') just doesn't work for me.

Can anyone help, or at least tell me where I can learn more about file =
manipulation?
I suppose it is obvious I am using a windows platform, specifically =
WindowsME.

Thanks in advance,
Robert Fisher
pbfisher@bigfoot.com

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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>I am pretty new at programming =
in Python,=20
but have had experience in programming in other languages.&nbsp; I went =
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the tutorial which I thought was fairly good, except the section on the =
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of file objects was pretty sparse.&nbsp; It seems to me that dealing =
with files=20
is rather awkward. I have used the&nbsp; list representation&nbsp; =
filelist =3D=20
f.readlines() and then used the fine list methods to manipulate the =
filelist,=20
but I am having trouble getting a new file from&nbsp; my new =
filelist.&nbsp; The=20
g.write('string') gives me a whole lot of extraneous stuff.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>Another problem I am having is =
trying&nbsp;=20
to open files in other directories.&nbsp; For example,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; =
f=3Dopen('C:\tmp\testfile','r+')=20
just doesn't work for me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>Can anyone help, or at least =
tell me where=20
I can learn more about file manipulation?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>I suppose it is obvious I am =
using a=20
windows platform, specifically WindowsME.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>Robert Fisher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"=20
size=3D2>pbfisher@bigfoot.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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