Re: Python path and append

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Subject	Re: Python path and append
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016, at 07:56 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:53:57 +1000, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:04 am, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >
> >> BTW I was trying to use a line like yours that used an output file
> >> that didn't exist and was getting an error.  I assume that import os
> >> fixes that.
> >
> >
> >Why would you assume that?
> >
> >
> >"Doctor, I have a problem with my arm, but I won't tell you what. I assume
> >that if I take cough drops that will fix it."
> 
> OK.  Dumb question acknowledged.
> 
> I got an error when I tried to write to a non existent file.  I
> "incorrectly" assumed wrong.  That is going to be a common theme.

Oh, he wasn't saying it was a dumb question. He was complaining you said
you were "getting an error". That's not a dumb question, that's a
useless report of a problem. If you don't say what exactly the error is,
we can't help you.

If you want help, the two best things to do are:
  1) Show actual code. 
  2) Show actual, complete tracebacks. 

Having a nice description of what you expect to happen is often nice
too, especially if its doing something "wrong" and not giving an obvious
traceback. Seeing specifically what the wrong behavior is, and you
explaining why you think its wrong, can be invaluable. 

-- 
Stephen Hansen
  m e @ i x o k a i . i o

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Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-19 18:29 -0400
  Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 08:38 +1000
  Re: Python path and append Matthew Barnett <mrabarnett@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-04-20 00:36 +0100
  Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 14:10 -0400
    Re: Python path and append Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-04-25 18:24 +0000
      Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 15:00 -0400
        RE: Python path and append Joaquin Alzola <Joaquin.Alzola@lebara.com> - 2016-04-25 19:08 +0000
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 16:15 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-25 16:28 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-04-25 23:38 +0200
            Re: Python path and append Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-25 19:57 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-04-25 19:31 +0000
        Re: Python path and append MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-04-25 20:44 +0100
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 16:43 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-26 11:51 +1000
          Re: Python path and append Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-04-26 01:59 +0000
          Re: Python path and append Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-04-26 18:23 +1200
          Re: Python path and append boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 15:26 -0500
            Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-30 11:44 +1000
    Re: Python path and append John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2016-04-25 21:26 +0000
      Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 18:04 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-25 20:03 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-26 11:53 +1000
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-26 22:56 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 13:06 +1000
            Re: Python path and append Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-27 17:24 -0700
      Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 10:25 +1000

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