Hello :-)
I have got as far as I have,i.e. apparently succeeding in both opening and
closing two different files, thanks to google, but my struggles to _do_
something with a file that I have opened are getting me nowhere. Here is my
latest failure:
>>> file=open("/home/lisi/CHOOSING_SHOES.txt", "r")
>>> file.close()
>>> file=open("/home/lisi/CHOOSING_SHOES.txt", "r")
>>> whole=file.read
>>> print whole
<built-in method read of file object at 0xb74c48d8>
>>> print "%r" % whole
<built-in method read of file object at 0xb74c48d8>
>>> print "whole is %r" %whole
whole is <built-in method read of file object at 0xb74c48d8>
>>> print "whole is %r" % whole
whole is <built-in method read of file object at 0xb74c48d8>
>>>
I'd be extremely grateful if one of you was willing to drop a hint, give me
some pointers (even e.g. guide me to asking the correct question of Google),
or tell me where I am going wrong.
In general, the author advises leaving any of the extra credit questions that
you are struggling with and coming back to them later. And in general I have
found that that works. But this set of extra-credit questions he advises
mastering before moving on. And I am stuck on this one at this stage. :-(
(I think that I have cracked the others.)
Thanks.
Lisi
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