[Tutor] Python Code

[Noufal Ibrahim]

On Wed, March 29, 2006 2:50 pm, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am unable to execute the below code, I have put this in test.py file
> and made it executable, when I run this I see no output, Please
> explain me as what is exactly going on with the below code
>
> The below code is from http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/chap11.htm
>
> def copyFile(oldFile, newFile):
>   f1 = open(oldFile, "r")
>   f2 = open(newFile, "w")
>   while 1:
>     text = f1.read(50)
>     if text == "":
>       break
>     f2.write(text)
>   f1.close()
>   f2.close()
>   return

Did you have only the copyFile definition or did you have an invocation as
well? You have to call it to work. :)



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