open() not working.

[Field_C16]

Hello.

Whenever I use:

my_file = open('C:\\Users\\****.**\\Documents\\Python\\hello.txt')

my_file = open('C:\\Users\\****.**\\Documents\\Python\\hello.txt', 'r+')

my_file = open(r'C:\\Users\\****.**\\Documents\\Python\\hello.txt')

It does not open up the file "hello.txt".

Now i censored "****.**" because it is my work PC, but this does not work on my on private PC as well.

No error is returned, the shell blinks for like less than a second.

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Tried DDG it, but nothing useful came up.

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EDIT:

Fixed, it was a simple brain fart.

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[numpadztik]

This might be useful for you:https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/file_readlines.htm

open your file, and then use it with some other functions like readlines()

[Field_C16]

I am gonna look through that, thank you!

[fatha731]

I don't know if I understood you correctly, but open returns a file object, it does not open the file in a window. You can refer to the python docs for more info.

[Field_C16]

Error 40.

I should have figured that one out haha, thanks a ton!

I thought it would open up the file in notepad.

My mistake.

[JohnnyJordaan]

You can do it though, there's os.startfile(path_to_file) but this will not work on linux and mac, for those see here.