How to write if there is no file in python

Asked May 23 '18 at 19:12

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The user types the name of file. If he writes the wrong name of the file and python has an error like "FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '5'". How can I write to user that he has typed the wrong name of the file? This code doesn't want to work:

try: 
    filename = input ("Your file name")
except OSError as e:
    print('We have an error: ', str(e))

edited May 23 '18 at 19:16

Aran-Fey

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asked May 23 '18 at 19:12

Darentina

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`input` never throws a `FileNotFoundError`. `open` does. – Aran-Fey May 23 '18 at 19:17
Which part of the code shown do you imagine is checking if the file exists? – Mad Physicist May 23 '18 at 19:19
I don't know. I really need only to write to user something if he types the unexisting name of file. – Darentina May 23 '18 at 19:29

How to write if there is no file in python

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