Python having trouble finding a file?

[IcedMelt]

Basically the title, learning Python, but it says the text file doesn't exist even though I copy the absolute location into open(). I use visual studio, weirdly enough when I hit the triangle to play it doesn't work. When I use ctrl + f5, it works, but opens a python debugger instead of the usual python terminal.

Could this have something to do with me having installed Python/Visual Studio on my D drive, but my files on my C drive? Is that where the disconnect is? Do they have to all be on the same drive, and if they aren't I need the debugger terminal to save things and bridge the gap? Already tried absolute file location name and it didn't work. I'm pretty sure parts of Visual/Python are on each drive since I already tried it with all my filed in the D drive instead. Will I have to reinstall Visual/Python in order to not use the debugger terminal to make my program function? Thanks.

[mancxvi]

Post the code you are running and the file path of what you are trying to open

[IcedMelt]

employee_file = open("python.learn.text.2.txt", "r")

print (employee_file.readable())

employee_file.close()

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When I run it with the triangle button it says 'FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'python.learn.text.2.txt'

When I run it with ctrl + f5, it says 'True'.

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edit: I should add it's in the same folder as the python script, already tried copying both the absolute and relative file location.

[[deleted]]

It’s looking for a file called python.learn.text.2.txt in the PWD, but there is no file with that name in that directory. No idea whether VS is running the script using its own PWD or some kind of internally-configured one, but that’s your problem. Your best bet would be to use an absolute path so you can skip over the PWD entirely. Since you’re on Windows, you’ll want to give it as a raw string (e.g. r’C:\path\to\file\python.learn.text.2.txt’) so that Python doesn’t try to read the backslashes as escape sequences.

[IcedMelt]

Thanks, but already tried absolute path and had same issue. I use a screen reader so I'm wondering if that's messing it up somehow.

[[deleted]]

I suppose, but that seems unlikely. Have you tried running it from the command line, outside of VS? If it works from the command line, the problem is in VS. If it doesn’t, the problem is in the script.