On Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:47:00 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:05 AM, <subhabangal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sunday, July 8, 2012 1:33:25 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 3:42 PM, <subhabangal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > file_open=open("/python32/doc1.txt","r") > >> Also, as has already been mentioned: keeping your data files in the > >> Python binaries directory isn't usually a good idea. More common > to > >> keep them in the same directory as your script, which would mean that > >> you don't need a path on it at all. > > No file path! Amazing. I do not know I like to know one small example > please. > > open("doc1.txt","r") > > Python will look for a file called doc1.txt in the directory you run > the script from (which is often going to be the same directory as your > .py program). > > > Btw, some earlier post said, line.split() to convert line into bag of > words can be done with power(), but I did not find it, if any one can help. I > do close files do not worry. New style I'd try. > > I don't know what power() function you're talking about, and can't > find it in the previous posts; the nearest I can find is a post from > Ranting Rick which says a lot of guff that you can ignore. (Rick is a > professional troll. Occasionally he says something useful and > courteous; more often it's one or the other, or neither.) > > As to the closing of files: There are a few narrow issues that make it > worth using the 'with' statement, such as exceptions; mostly, it's > just a good habit to get into. If you ignore it, your file will > *usually* be closed fairly soon after you stop referencing it, but > there's no guarantee. (Someone else will doubtless correct me if I'm > wrong, but I'm pretty sure Python guarantees to properly flush and > close on exit, but not necessarily before.) > > ChrisA
Dear Group, The problem is more or less solved. Thank you for giving varied ways of thinking on the problem. Everytime I visit the group I learn so many things. Thank you all for taking your kind time to try to absolve the issue. Regards, Subhabrata Banerjee. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
