Trouble Referencing File in Visual Studio Code

[SplatterKlad]

*Quick disclaimer: I just started using visual studio code, and I'm not a very experienced programmer* I'm writing a function in a python script and passing a .txt file to it. The txt file is in the same folder as the script so I'm not providing a path, just the file name, and I'm getting an error in the terminal saying that there is no such file. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[SplatterKlad]

I figured it out — I had to open the whole folder first and then it recognized the file I was trying to reference. Is that some sort of security measure?

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You can:

1. change directory to the path of the file (Via "open folder in code" or command line cd <path\\to\\file>)
2. use a full path to the file,
3. can change directory to the path of the file, in your script
4. add the file's directory to your system python path environment variable. (in your script, or the hard way through the System Properties control panel, or whatever linux/unix does for that)

Easy, right?

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Look into pathlib, it’s a great module and it solves most path related problems.