dictionary = file . read()
I'm currently creating a cipher solver for the 2017 cipher challenge I have a word document of fifty eight thousand words but i cannot get the file as a string in python 2.7.9 I have tried many thing i have read online such as the above code but to no avail. I also need this to be easy to understand as i am new to python
Thanks!Don't be negative be constructive!
The word are from: http://www.mieliestronk.com/corncob_lowercase.txt
You probably should consult some code examples on the web for reading a file. You need something like:
fp = open(fname, "r")
lines = fp.readlines()
for line in lines:
do_something_with_the_lines
fp.close()
All you have to do is:
with open("dictionary.txt") as f: # Open the file and save it as "f"
dictionary = f.read() # Read the content of the file and save it to "dictionary"
If you want to read it from a website, try this:
import urllib2
dictionary = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.mieliestronk.com/corncob_lowercase.txt").read() # Open the website from the url and save its contents to "dictionary"
I think you should check this out for what you're trying to do (http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/files/reading-and-writing-files-in-python)
This should be helpful
