Re: [Tutor] creating .json files
> You need to open the file to create it: Ok, got you. Thanks, Alan! ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] creating .json files
On 13/04/17 17:32, Rafael Knuth wrote: > Is there a way to split these two into separate steps: > a) creating a .json file > b) manipulating it (a, r, w ...) Of course. > What if I just wanted to create a .json file and do nothing with it? > > import json > file_name = "my_numbers.json" > > The above does not do the job. What am I getting wrong here? Thanks. The above creates a variable called file_name that stores a string. It has nothing to do with any files. You need to open the file to create it: with open(file_name,'w') as json_file: pass Will open a new file and immediately close it again. You could do the same explicitly with json_file = open(file_name,'w') json_file.close() Remember that variable names are just labels for your benefit. The fact that you call it file_name means nothing to Python, you might as well call it xcdseqplrtyg123 so far as Python is concerned, its just a lablel. The name is only meaningful to you (and possibly to other human readers). Similarly, although your string looks like a file name to a human reader, to Python it's just a string of characters. Python cannot draw any meaning from that. Finally, the code above creates a new file called my_numbers.json But it is an empty file and is NOT a json file, despite the name. It only becomes a json file once you add some json data to it. open() creates text files, it has no understanding of what the data you write to those files means. HTH -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] creating .json files
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Rafael Knuthwrote: > Is there a way to split these two into separate steps: > a) creating a .json file > b) manipulating it (a, r, w ...) > > Example: > > "import json > number_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] > file_name = "my_numbers.json" > with open(file_name, "w") as a: > json.dump(number_list, a) > > What if I just wanted to create a .json file and do nothing with it? > > import json > file_name = "my_numbers.json" > > The above does not do the job. What am I getting wrong here? Thanks. > > If you want to have a file after the program runs you need to "open" it. And close it. Otherwise you reference a file but leave no trace. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor