read file

[inseongkim22]

I am trying to read a file at Python. I am keep getting error messages says the file does not exist.
Can someone help me?

[airtower-luna]

Not without seeing the exact error message. 😉

If you're getting a FileNotFoundError most likely the file really doesn't exist, and you need to fix the path you give to open() or whatever function you use.

[inseongkim22]

infile = open ("stockPrice.txt", "r")
print(infile.read())

[airtower-luna]

I can tell you how to create a file using Python. 🐍 But if you want it to be the file your program is trying to open you'll need to provide a lot more details (and then it's still a "maybe"). 😅

In general, when you ask a programming question on a public forum (like here), it's best if you include at least:

• the code you're talking about (in your case: the Python code you're writing),
• the exact commands you're running (in your case: how you call your Python script, how you tried to prepare the file)
• the full output of those commands, especially error messages.

Minus any personal details, of course, and plus anything else that might be relevant. That way people can take a look, and hopefully someone will have an idea. 😉

[airtower-luna]

Okay, so you're trying to open stockPrice.txt for reading. That means the file must exist in the directory from which you're calling the Python script. How to check which directory that is and which files exist there depends on the OS and shell you're using.

[inseongkim22]

I am using Github. I am a beginner. I created directory and file at the codespace.

[airtower-luna]

In that case you should have Linux tools available, and could use ls -l to see files in the current directory, or possibly find . to show a whole directory tree (but that might be a lot). Can you copy and paste from the shell you have for the codespace, or possibly show a screenshot? It's hard to guess from descriptions.