Create a file if it does not exist and the open it using python

Asked Sep 28 '20 at 17:26

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I am trying to write a program that creates a file (if it doesn't exists yet) and then writes a text in it. My code looks like

            with open(("test_program/files/{}.txt").format("houses"), 'w+') as f:
                w = csv.writer(f)
                w.writerow([('This is the file with houses')])

But I get the error

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'test_program/files/houses.txt'

I am using python 3.6

asked Sep 28 '20 at 17:26

HoleInTwo

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Do those folders exist yet? Code works fine, if so – OneCricketeer Sep 28 '20 at 17:29
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`open` can create files, but **not** directories. In this case, `test_program` and/or `files` does not exist. – DeepSpace Sep 28 '20 at 17:30
Thanks! Indeed that path to the file was wrong. – HoleInTwo Sep 28 '20 at 17:49

Create a file if it does not exist and the open it using python

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