[Tutor] How to close a file opened with csv.write

[Gerrit Holl]

Michel B=E9langer wrote:
> how do I close a file that has been opened by csv.writer (with the=20
> command below)? or how do you released the file from IDLE because it=20
> cannot be deleted or moved until IDLE gets closed.
>=20
> fileout =3D csv.writer(file("contact_mod1.csv", "w"))

Instead of passing the file constructor like this, store it locally
first: fp =3D file("foo", "w") and then csv.writer(fp). You can then
simply fp.close() it.

Gerrit.

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