Re: Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/01/2015 11:36, Adnan Sadzak wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Abdul Abdul Would the two of you please stop top posting, thank you. Either intersperse your answers, snipping stuff that you're not replying to, or post at the bottom, in order to make your replies readable. Thanks

Re: Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Adnan Sadzak
Hi, in 'w' mode, if file does not exist it will create new one (if You have permissions to write in specified location). If file exist, it will 'truncate' it or like it is specified in documentation "*(an existing file with the same name will be erased)*". I'm not sure what You mean by "existing

Re: Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Abdul Abdul wrote: > Hello, > > In the Python documentation, when opening the file in write mode, it > mentions the following: > > *writing (truncating the file if it already exists)* > What is meant by "truncating" here? Is it simply overwriting the file > already existing? Not quite. It means

Re: Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Adnan Sadzak
Hi, Yes, but You also can open an existing file in 'append' mode. Cheers, Adnan On Jan 15, 2015 12:08 PM, "Abdul Abdul" wrote: > Hello, > > In the Python documentation, when opening the file in write mode, it > mentions the following: > > *writing (truncating the file if it already exists)* > W

Re: Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Abdul Abdul
Hi, Thanks for your reply. I just wanted to understand the 'w' mode in Python. So, when using it, it will overwrite any existing mode, right? Thanks. On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Adnan Sadzak wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, but You also can open an existing file in 'append' mode. > > Cheers, > Adna

Opening the file in writing mode

2015-01-15 Thread Abdul Abdul
Hello, In the Python documentation, when opening the file in write mode, it mentions the following: *writing (truncating the file if it already exists)* What is meant by "truncating" here? Is it simply overwriting the file already existing? Thanks. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py