"Write to a file" question please?

[Stephen Hansen]

Oops. Replace my %s's with %d's.

--S


Stephen Hansen <stephen at cerebralmaelstrom.com> wrote in message
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> I *think*...
> Print is a statement that lets you print out multiple things using the
> comma, the 'write' function does not work the same way. It takes a string
> argument and writes it out to the file.
>
> To accomplish what you want, you can use the module operator (there's
other
> ways too, but its my favorite :))
>
> number = 100
> print "Number = %s" % number
> OUT = open("TT.txt",'w')
> OUT.write("Number = %s" % number)
> OUT.close()
>
> If you have more then one number you're writing out, make the
right-operand
> of the modulo operator a tuple.. E.g.
>
> num1 = 100
> num2 = 500
> print "Number 1 = %s and Number 2 = %s" % (num1,num2)
>
> See? :)
>
> --Stephen
>
>
>
> <cmfinlay at SPAMmagnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:tzFjOfN2zOzPHwvl3ncklEAEb+fa at 4ax.com...
> > number = 100
> > print "Number =", number
> > OUT = open("TT.txt","w")
> > OUT.write("Number =", number) # Error
> > OUT.close()
> >
> > The code above gives the error.
> >
> > Traceback (innermost last):
> >   File "ttest.py", line 5, in ?
> >     OUT.write("Number =", number)
> > TypeError: read-only buffer, tuple
> >
> > OUT.write("Hello World")
> >
> > Works but a number or variable of a number does not.
> >
> > I have been reading documents on Python to no avail this time.
> > I am using Win98 with the latest python for this OS.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated
> > E-mail me at cmfinlaySPAM at magnet.com.au
> > or reply here.
>
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