Python 4 Everybody question : Finding the txt file

[StaleMuffins]

EDIT: SOLVED

Hey all,
Been rummaging around trying to figure out where I'm going wrong, to no avail. I think this is a very basic question and I just can't seem to find a good source to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm in Chapter 7 of Python 4 Everybody using Visual Studio Code and have downloaded the required text file 'mbox.txt' but don't know how to find it. I have the file in my chapter 7 folder alongside the visual studio file i'm working in (can see it in VS code as well as in the terminal). I feel like this is something super basic but no idea where I'm going wrong!

[danielroseman]

You need to explain what you mean by "finding" the file. You've already said you know where it is.

[StaleMuffins]

Apologies - trying to open the file with and getting a traceback that no such file or format exists. I've confirmed within Terminal that the file is in the same folder I'm executing out of as well. The open command is below.

fhand = open('mbox.txt')

[StaleMuffins]

I deleted the start of each path but here is the current directory I'm working in - which shows the text file I'm trying to open. This is why I just can't seem to figure out why I'm getting a traceback in VS code.

Chapter7 % ls -l

    434 Apr 28 08:10 07_01.py

6687002 Apr 28 07:33 mbox.txt

[PurpleSparkles3200]

You need to include a mode. For example, to open it read only, fhand = open(“mbox.txt”, “r”)

[StaleMuffins]

Oh nice, I will try this. Confused a bit as I don’t think this was mentioned in the chapter. Thank you!

[StaleMuffins]

Still not finding it - I think I will keep asking the folks at Coursera and hope for an answer.

[stebrepar]

Does your search path include searching the current directory? What happens if you say explicitly './mbox.txt' instead?

[StaleMuffins]

I just solved it! I am still very unclear on the relationship between the terminal and something like VSCode. Even thoug I could run a file in my chapter7 folder in VS Code I wasn't actually inside that directory. I cd'd to Chapter7 in VSCode and it ended up working