I am trying to create a file that just writes the user's name to a file. I have written:
def main():
f=open("name.txt","a")
name=input("name:")
f.writelines(name)
f.close()
main()
I am wondering what I am missing in order for this to work because it does not save into a text file. Additionally I am using append so I can run this program more than once and continuously add names to it.
The code works fine, but I suspect why it doesn't for you.
In the console, using input function, you need to tell the program that you're sending him a string.
When it asks for the name, you shouldn't input for instance Bernard, but "Bernard".
You should use raw_input instead if you want to get rid of the " character.
PS : Have you tried running your program in the console using python command ? You would have seen the error message pop.
input is used to read integers.
Use raw_input instead. A lot of people don't recommend using input.
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After using stdin.read()/stdin.readlines()/stdin.readlines(), every following input will not work(it will show off EOF error,) beacuse input() is set to prevent the EOF reading.
However, isn't there any way to clean the sys.stdin() buffer?
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the answer is no, but there may be a way to re-construct your input by using wsvcrt module
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I'm super new to Python so I'm wondering if someone can help me out or link me to an appropriate post that explains this?
What I would like to do is
9999**9999
in Python Terminal, then copy the output directly to my clipboard or sent to a file.
I tried in Batch using
py 9999**9999 >>pythonoutput.txt
but only got an error of
python.exe: can't open file '9999**9999': [Errno 22] Invalid argument
and not sure how I could make that work either.
Any ideas? Cheers
Here's how to write (append) to a file:-
obj=open("yourfile.txt","a+") #open a reference to your file, in append mode. (Use 'w' for write, and 'r' for read if you ever need to)
obj.write("your chars, numbers or whatever here") #use this as many times as you want before closing
obj.close() #close your reference once you're done
Try using:
python -c print(9999*9999) > outfile.txt
You might want to use py instead of python there since you seem to have your executable renamed.
Sent to result to file is much easier than to clipboard.
In the python terminal,you can do this:
with open("/home/my/output","w") as file:#start a file object for writing
file.write(str(9999*9999))#write the content
I have a python file:
myFile.py
def get_value(data):#pass in data as input parameter
output = process(data)#function to process data
return output
Here, output can be a float number or a string.
I want to call this python script from VB.NET. I searched the web and someone suggested
import System.Diagnostics
Process.Start("C:\python " & "myFile.py")
I am not sure if it is correct. Furthermore, it does not receive output in the python file.
What should I do?
Thank you.
If your python script is just like that your function is never called and therefore doesn't return anything.
I don't know what kind of data you plan to return, if it's simple stuff the perhaps just print it with print(get_value(data)) in the end of the file and capture the printed lines with the VB script?
I'm trying to run an external program from a Python script.
After searching and reading multiple post here I came to what seemed to be the solution.
First, I used subprocess.call function.
If I build the command this way:
hmmer1=subprocess.call("D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe --tblout hmmTestTab.out SDHA.hmm Test.fasta")
The external program D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe is run taking hmmTestTab.out as file name for the output and SDHA.hmm and Test.fasta as input files.
Nevertheless, if I try to replace the file names with the variables outfile, hmmprofile and fastafile (I intend to receive those variables as arguments for the Python script and use them to build the external program call),
hmmer2=subprocess.call("D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe --tblout outfile hmmprofile fastafile")
Python prints an error about being unable to open the input files.
I also used "Popen" function with analogous results:
This call works
hmmer3=Popen(['D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe', '--tblout','hmmTestTab.out', 'SDHA.hmm','Test.fasta'])
and this one doesn't
hmmer4=Popen(['D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe', '--tblout','outfile', 'hmmprofile','fastafile'])
As result of this, I presume I need to understand which is process to follow to interpolate the variables into the call, because it seems that the problem is there.
Would any of you help me with this issue?
Thanks in advance
You have:
hmmer4=Popen(['D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe', '--tblout','outfile', 'hmmprofile','fastafile'])
But that's not passing the variable outfile. It's passing a string, 'outfile'.
You want:
hmmer4=Popen(['D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe', '--tblout', outfile, hmmprofile, fastafile])
And the other answer is correct, though it addresses a different problem; you should double the backslashes, or use r'' raw strings.
Try to change this:
hmmer1=subprocess.call("D:\Python_Scripts\HMMer3\hmmsearch.exe"
to
hmmer1=subprocess.call('D:\\Python_Scripts\\HMMer3\\hmmsearch.exe'
Edit
argv = ' --tblout outfile hmmprofile fastafile' # your arguments
program = [r'"D:\\Python_Scripts\\HMMer3\\hmmsearch.exe"', argv]
subprocess.call(program)
I'm trying to write a script that asks for an input file and then runs some command on it. when I run the script it askes me for filename and when I give the file (e.g example.bam) then I get this error:
NameError: name 'example.bam' is not defined
I tried many things but I couldn't fix it. Can someone tell me what is wrong?
This is my comand:
from subprocess import call
filename = input ("filename: ");
with open (filename, "r") as a:
for command in ("samtools tview 'a' /chicken/chick_build2.1_unmasked.fa",):
call(command, shell=True)
This is a short version of my command: it has to do much more stuff. I'm also thinking to input 4-6 files at same time (perhaps this information is helpful to clarify my intentions).
input is equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt)). So what your script currently tries to do is interpret your input ("example", in your case), and execute as if it were a statement in your script. For user input (and might I simply say "for any input" -- unless you know what you're doing), always use the raw_input function.
So, to solve it, replace input with raw_input:
filename = raw_input("filename: ")