Tobias Quezada wrote:
> hello community,i am a newbie to python and program in general.
> the script below works in python 2.7.3 on windows but not in the python
> 2.7.3 ubuntu terminal.
>
>>>>fp=open("prez.dat","r")>>>x=fp.read>>>(print(x)***i used fp for file
>>>>pointer.I am using windows 7 and it works but on ubuntu 12.04 LTS i get
>>>>this syntax error:
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in
> <module>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'prez.dat'
That was probably
> fp=open("prez.dat","r")
> x=fp.read
> print(x)
> i used fp for file pointer.I am using windows 7 and it works but on ubuntu
> 12.04 LTS i get this syntax error:
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in
> <module>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'prez.dat'
> Any thoughts?Thanx
Please reread the error message. This is not a SyntaxError. Python is trying
to tell you that a file called "prez.dat" doesn't exist in the current
working directory. However, once you create the file (or provide the
complete path if the file exists but is located in another directory) you
will run into the next problem:
> x=fp.read
This will bind x to the fp.read method. To call the method the parentheses
are mandatory:
x = fp.read()
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