Error except syntax error

[Neisany]

the file that it is trying to call does not exist.
I am looking to catch the IO error if it is present and then create the file.

def main():
	with open('C:\Users\AC30419\Documents\test.txt','r+') as f:
		except:
			crt.Diaglog.MessegeBox('error')

main()

creating the file would be as simple as

def main():
	with open('C:\Users\AC30419\Documents\test.txt','w') as f:
		pass

main()

[Neisany]

Okay the error in my way was not using the try command before the with statement thanks

[jdev]

Originally Posted by Neisany

Okay the error in my way was not using the try command before the with statement thanks

In addition, there's an issue with crt.Diaglog.MessegeBox not being spelled correctly (it's crt.Dialog, not crt.Diaglog; it's MessageBox, not MessegeBox).

Also, indentation matters in Python. Here's an example of correct indentation:

# $language = "Python"
# $interface = "1.0"

def main():
    # Open a file and read all of its contents into a variable
    import os
    strHome = os.path.expanduser("~")
    strPathToFile = "{0}/Documents/test.txt".format(strHome)
    strPathToFile = strPathToFile.replace("\\", "/")
    strContents = ""
    try:
        with open(strPathToFile, "r") as objFile:
            strContents = objFile.read()
    except Exception as objInst:
        crt.Dialog.MessageBox(
            "Error attempting to read file:\n\n{0}".format(
            str(objInst)))
        return

    # If we get here, we were able to read all of the file
    # data successfully into the variable: strContents

    crt.Dialog.MessageBox("Contents of the file:\r\n\r\n{0}".format(
        strContents))

main()

--Jake

[ogun]

Another option as well instead of using exceptions would be to use os.path.exists to check if the file is there or not. Something like this should work:

# $language = "Python"
# $interface = "1.0"

def main():
    # Open a file and read all of its contents into a variable
    import os
    strHome = os.path.expanduser("~")
    strPathToFile = os.path.join(strHome,"/Documents/test.txt")
    if os.path.exists(strPathToFile):
        # File exists, read contents
        strContents = open(strPathToFile, "r").read()
    else:
        # File doesn't exist
        crt.Dialog.MessageBox(
            "Error attempting to read file:\n\n{0}".format(
            str(objInst)))
        return

    # If we get here, we were able to read all of the file
    # data successfully into the variable: strContents

    crt.Dialog.MessageBox("Contents of the file:\r\n\r\n{0}".format(
        strContents))

main()