You most likely have no file named words.txt in the directory from which you are running your code.
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Tyler Seacrist <seacri...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > How do I avoid this error message everytime I utilize wordlist = > open("words.text") ? > >>>> wordlist = open("words.txt") > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#303>", line 1, in <module> > wordlist = open("words.txt") > FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'words.txt' >>>> def calculate_abecedarian(): > total_count = 0 > for word in wordlist: > if is_abecedarian(word): > print (word) > total_count += 1 > return total_count > > or > >>>> if __name__ == '__main__': > fin = open('words.txt', 'r') > print (no_contain(fin)) > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#213>", line 2, in <module> > fin = open('words.txt', 'r') > FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'words.txt' > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/blog http://cc-baseballstats.info/stats/birthdays _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor