[Tutor] File access codes in Python
Henry Steigerwaldt
hsteiger@comcast.net
Sat, 18 May 2002 19:59:05 -0500
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To All:
In Tcl, one can open a file for reading, writing, and both reading AND writing.
However, in Python, it appears from the book I have, and from some online
information, that one does not have the option to open a file for BOTH reading
and writing.
Is this true? If it is, it complicates the situation. One should not have to open
a program TWICE, just to read the file at one point, and then write to the same
file at some other point in the program.
Thanks.
Henry Steigerwaldt
Hermitage, TN
Email: hsteiger@comcast.net
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To All:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Tcl, one can open a file for reading, writing,
and both reading AND writing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, in Python, it appears from the book I
have, and from some online</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>information, that one does not have the option
to open a file for BOTH reading</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and writing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this true? If it is, it complicates the
situation. One should not have to open</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a program TWICE, just to read the file at
one point, and then </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>write to the
same</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>file at some other </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>point in the program. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Henry Steigerwaldt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hermitage, TN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: <A
href="mailto:hsteiger@comcast.net">hsteiger@comcast.net</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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