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Help? I can't figure this out. - hentera - May-24-2017
If a line in my program contains the word murder, how can I get my program to replace the word murder with "-------")?
import sys
file = input('Enter the file name: ')
print()
try:
fhand = open(file)
except:
print('File cannot be opened:', file)
sys.exit()
for line in fhand:
if line == '\n':
continue
line = line.strip()
print(line.upper())
RE: Help? I can't figure this out. - Larz60+ - May-24-2017
replace all code betweel
try ... except withwith open(file) as f:
line = f.readlines()
if 'murder' in line:
line = line.replace('murder', '------')
... do stuff with line ...also remove for line in fhand:and move the rest up to the ... do stuff ... line above
RE: Help? I can't figure this out. - hentera - May-24-2017
Will fix everything, I'll post my code here in a second.
RE: Help? I can't figure this out. - volcano63 - May-24-2017
(May-24-2017, 05:22 PM)Larz60+ Wrote:with open(file) as f: .....
... still may cause the exception - if the file in question does not exist.
RE: Help? I can't figure this out. - buran - May-24-2017
Larz60+'s code will do the job more or less for homework assignment, but it will also substitute parts of words like murderer, murders, etc.
just a warning...