I want to delete everything from my html file and add <!DOCTYPE html><html><body>.
Here is my code so far:
with open('table.html', 'w'): pass
table_file = open('table.html', 'w')
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
After i run my code, table.html is now empty. Why?
How can I fix that?
It looks like you're not closing the file and the first line is doing nothing, so you could do 2 things.
Either skip the first line and close the file in the end:
table_file = open('table.html', 'w')
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
table_file.close()
or if you want to use the with statement do it like this:
with open('table.html', 'w') as table_file:
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
# Write anything else you need here...
table_file.close() with the with statement
with open('table.html', 'w'): pass
table_file = open('table.html', 'w')
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
This would open the file table.html two time's and your not closing your file properly too.
If your using with then :
with open('table.html', 'w') as table_file:
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
with closes the file automatically after the scope.
Else you have to manually close the file like this:
table_file = open('table.html', 'w')
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
table_file.close()
and you don't have to use the with operator.
I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve with the with open('table.html', 'w'): pass. Try the following.
with open('table.html', 'w') as table_file:
table_file.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>')
You're currently not closing the file, so the changes aren't being written to disk.
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