Bob wrote:
> I want to open a file in a function and pass the file back to main so
> another function can manipulate the file, something like this:
>
> # begin
> def open_file()
> filename=open(options.filename_input,'r')
> return filename
>
> open_file()
> print filename.read()
> filename.close()
> # end
You need to assign the result of open_file() to a variable. The
'filename' variable inside open_file() is not available outside the
function:
filename = open_file()
By the way 'filename' is a pretty bad name, since it contains a file
object, not a string. Maybe call it f instead. ('file' is also a bad
name because it is the name of a Python built-in function.)
Kent
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