Python FileNotFoundError [Errno 2]

Question

I am newbie to python coding and need your expertise help in my below issue, Currently I am trying to read data from a txt file and process further once its moved to a list.

Below is my code:


case 'add':
            todo = input("enter a todo")+"\n"
            file = open('data.txt','r')
            todos =file.readlines()
            file.close()
            todos.append(todo)
            file = open('data.txt','w')
            file.writelines(todos)
            file.close()

Error I'm getting (please note both my main.py and data.txt are in the same folder)

 file = open('data.txt','r')
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'data.txt'

"please note both my main.py and data.txt are in the same folder" - please see the linked duplicate, in order to understand why this is *not the important part*. A different rule is used to locate the file. — Karl Knechtel, Jul 19 '23 at 07:39
Concerning the duplicate: I would advise against using `os.chdir`. The method with `pathlib` is much more flexible and less error-prone. — Matthias, Jul 19 '23 at 07:40

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 21 '23 at 12:07

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You should include the full path to where data.txt is located if it's not in the same folder;
Example

open("D:\Text\data.txt","w+")

edited Jul 21 '23 at 12:07

moken

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answered Jul 19 '23 at 06:53

Ferhat Aytug

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Python FileNotFoundError [Errno 2]

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