i got this error again and again ,please tell me why

Question

i am creating a txt file in juypternotebook

%%writefile test.txt
hello this is my first line
hello this is my second line

after that when i am appending some lines in that txt file by writing the code

with open ('test.txt' ,mode = 'r') as f:

then this error appears

File "<ipython-input-9-e008d94f1356>", line 1
    with open ('test.txt' ,mode = 'r') as f:
                                            ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

please tell me why

Are you forgetting to close a parenthesis, apostrophe or something maybe? — Celius Stingher, Nov 27 '19 at 17:43
There should not be space use this: with open('test.txt' ,mode = 'r') as f: — Khakhar Shyam, Nov 27 '19 at 17:44
Is that your whole script? You need some code inside the `for` loop. — Barmar, Nov 27 '19 at 17:50
If you want to append to the file, you need to open it in `a` mode. `r` is for reading the file. — Barmar, Nov 27 '19 at 17:51
@KhakharShyam It looks like that *is* the whole code. The error message says it's line 1, so there's nothing before it. And it's getting an EOF error, so it must be the end of the script. — Barmar, Nov 27 '19 at 17:56

Barmar · Answer 1 · 2019-11-29T16:00:55.833

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You can't start a with statement (or any block) and just end the script there, the block needs at least one command in it.

If you don't want to add the commands yet, use pass as a placeholder.

with open ('test.txt' ,mode = 'r') as f:
    pass

edited Nov 29 '19 at 16:00

answered Nov 27 '19 at 17:55

Barmar

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Maybe OP changed his question, but i don't see a for-loop here? – Psychotechnopath Nov 29 '19 at 09:47
Right, I meant to say "with" statement. It probably applies to any type of block – Barmar Nov 29 '19 at 15:47

i got this error again and again ,please tell me why

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