No such file or directory?

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For some reason despite having the file in the main and in the same directory, I keep getting the no such file error. Any help is appreciated.

    import time
    def firstQues():

            print('"TT(Announcing): HONING IN FROM SU CASA CUIDAD, (Their hometown)"')
            time.sleep(3)
            print('"VEN EL UN.....(Comes the one.....)"')
            time.sleep(2)
            print('"EL SOLO......(The ONLY.....)"')
            time.sleep(3)
            print('"Campeón NOVATO (NEWBIE CHAMP)"')
            print()


            text_file = open("Questions1.txt", "r")
            wholefile = text_file.readline()
            for wholefile in open("Questions1.txt"):
                    print(wholefile)
                    return wholefile
                    return text_file

    def main():
            firstQues()
            text_file = open("Questions1.txt", "r")
    main()

You can't open the same file three times without closing it first; there is also no point in having two return statements, only the first one will work. — Burhan Khalid, Sep 28 '16 at 04:42
Please check whether "Questions1.txt" and above python script are in same folder — Dinesh Pundkar, Sep 28 '16 at 04:42
It doesn't matter where the python script is, what matters is where you're executing it from. — Chris Martin, Sep 28 '16 at 05:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 04:53

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You cannot open a file in read mode that doesn't exist. Make sure you create a file in a current working directory. Your program executed successfully.

answered Sep 28 '16 at 04:53

rsirs

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Ok thanks, it's in the correct directory but now it's only reading one line of the file when I changed text_file.readline() to text_file.read() – James Diego Tao Sep 28 '16 at 04:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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  with open("Questions1.txt", "r") as f:
       file_data = f.read().splitlines()
  for line in file_data:
      #do what ever you want

How do I read a file line-by-line into a list?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Sep 28 '16 at 05:08

rsirs

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 06:54

The simplest solution comes down to a paradigm choice, ask for permission or ask for forgiveness.

Ask for permission: check if the file exists before using

import os.path

if os.path.isfile("Questions1.txt"):
  #read file here

Ask for forgiveness: try-except block, report if issues

try:
  #read file and work on it
except:
  print 'Error reading file'

If you use read-write flag, it will create a file when it doesn't exist, but it doesn't seem like you want to write

with open("Questions1.txt", "rw") as f:
  #work on file

Pick your poison. Hope this helps :)

No such file or directory?

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