[Tutor] Opening files?

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> >>> myTest = open("C:test.txt", 'r')

You probably need to specify the directory as wekll as the drive:

myTest = open("C:\\test.txt")  # read by default, \\ coz of escaped chars

OR

myTest = open("C:/test.txt")  # read by default, / works in a path

> <open file 'C:test.txt', mode 'r' at 0x0090CE18>
> What is the last bit? An address of sorts?

Yes, its where the file object is living in memory....

Alan g.
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