confusion about opening files

[robie1373]

O. K. Now I am confused.  I thought that when I imported the os module, i
would have to call its functions like this: os.open()    Why am I just using
the function name?

"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
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> robie1373 wrote:
>
> ...
> >     file = os.open("e:\\d12", "r")
> > TypeError: an integer is required
> >
> > I get this error if the mode is r, r+, a+ or whatever.  I also get it
> > whether the file exists or not. Can someone explain what I am doing
> > wrong?
>
> You meant open, not os.open.
>
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