I am not sure if what I did to repair it but the problem is gone. A copy/paste/rename was performed on the original code file and now I do not get the error. No need for "r" or "\"...
WTH? I hate it when that happens. Steve Footnote: "What rhymes with orange?" "No it doesn't.." -----Original Message----- From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gronicus=sga.ni...@python.org> On Behalf Of MRAB Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 7:31 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: File Name issue On 2020-10-17 23:12, Steve wrote: > The line: > with open("HOURLYLOG.txt", 'r') as infile: > works but, when I rename the file, the line: > with open("HOURLY-LOG.txt", 'r') as infile: > does not. The complaint is: Cannot Assign to operator > > However, I have: > BPM_O2s=open("BPM-O2-Readings.txt","a") > And it works. > > At first, I thought the issue was due to having the - in the filename. > > Is there a fix or explanation for this? > Steve > I see nothing wrong in those lines as written. Try reducing it to the smallest complete example that shows the problem. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list