Issues running python file on Pycharm (Python 3.8)

Question

I wrote a single python file that should create a csv file in the local directory when executed. The python file does not create a csv file in the local directory, even though execution completes successfully. My code and output screenshot are included below:

from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
import os
def web_scraper(self):
    os.chdir(r"/Users/bsulin/PycharmProjects/StockNewsWebScraper/")

    print("Hi print")

    return("Hi return")

It seems that your question is just "[how to] create a csv file in the local directory". There is no need for web scraping, nor most of the other malformed code, to this question. Please reduce your code to a *minimal* reproducible example, both to help us understand and answer your question, and to help you realise potential errors yourself. See the [How to Ask](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) for details. — MisterMiyagi, Mar 19 '20 at 07:52
That's not what I requested. You have also removed the ``csv`` writing code. Do you actually *call* ``web_scraper``, though? — MisterMiyagi, Mar 19 '20 at 16:50
It works now! I think I needed to remove the function from the class. So doesn't look like web_scraper function was being called. — Bryce S, Mar 19 '20 at 17:00
Does this answer your question? [How can I change directory with Python pathlib](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41742317/how-can-i-change-directory-with-python-pathlib) — bad_coder, May 15 '21 at 02:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '20 at 07:44

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It's most likely saving it somewhere you're not expecting due to a current working directory (cwd) issue.

Either change the current working directory in PyCharm as per PyCharm current working directory, or explicitly change it with code:

import os # put these lines at the top of your script
os.chdir(r"/Users/bsulin/PycharmProjects/StockNewsWebScraper/")

answered Mar 19 '20 at 07:44

GordonAitchJay

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I tried both of those methods (updated question with details), and it's still not working. Won't even print or return my "Hi" strings. – Bryce S Mar 19 '20 at 16:16
That's very strange. Try creating a new project in PyCharm and just put `print("test")`, see if that works. – GordonAitchJay Mar 19 '20 at 16:30
It works now! I think I needed to remove the function from the class. – Bryce S Mar 19 '20 at 17:00
Oh I think what happened was that you created the function `web_scraper`, but you never called it, so it was never executed. – GordonAitchJay Mar 19 '20 at 17:16

Issues running python file on Pycharm (Python 3.8)

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