On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 01:26:19PM -0600, Palmer Gutke wrote: >> I'm trying to write a program w/ python that runs once a day and every time >> it does it adds 20 to a variable. How do I do this so it doesn't reset the >> variable to the original value every time I run it? > > You have to read the variable from a file saved to disk, add 20, then > write back to the file. > > Does that answer your question? Do you need help reading and writing > files? > > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Also, lookup cron. It will start your program at a certain time you select, every day -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/blog http://cc-baseballstats.info/stats/birthdays _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor