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    Thread: Reading a file
Post: Reading a file

I have got a simple file read code and I need to understand why it works the way it does. def ReadFileContents(file_path): try: with open(file_path,'r', newline='') as f: cont...
JonWayn General Coding Help 3 1,093 Dec-30-2022, 08:35 AM
    Thread: declaring object parameters with type
Post: RE: declaring object parameters with type

(Dec-13-2022, 07:45 PM)deanhystad Wrote: You can use type annotations def other_function(brw: Browser): x = brw <auto complete now knows to look at Browser>This will also help when when ca...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 889 Dec-13-2022, 07:46 PM
    Thread: declaring object parameters with type
Post: declaring object parameters with type

When I pass an object in as a parameter to a function, is there a way to specify in the function declaration what type the parameter is so that I can see its properties as I type. I have a class calle...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 889 Dec-13-2022, 07:28 PM
    Thread: Getting NameError for a function that is defined
Post: RE: Getting NameError for a function that is defin...

(Dec-11-2022, 06:25 AM)deanhystad Wrote: There is no function named getby. class Browser has a method named getby. You can call this method using Browser.getby(browser_instance, locator_type), or ...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 1,092 Dec-11-2022, 01:53 PM
    Thread: Getting NameError for a function that is defined
Post: Getting NameError for a function that is defined

So far, it's a simple class, but I can't understand why I get a NameError for a function that exists in the class. The function is declared on line 15, 'getby', then called on line 25. My code editor ...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 1,092 Dec-11-2022, 04:09 AM
    Thread: Inconsistent loop iteration behavior
Post: RE: Inconsistent loop iteration behavior

(Dec-10-2022, 03:52 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: you should consider breaking your code into functions, code is very difficult to follow as is. Ok. Thank you for that advice
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 992 Dec-10-2022, 06:49 AM
    Thread: Inconsistent loop iteration behavior
Post: Inconsistent loop iteration behavior

I have some code that opens a website, submits search criteria, and loops through each resulting table row for the link to the details behind it. The results may be broken into pages so it keeps track...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 992 Dec-09-2022, 11:13 PM
    Thread: Clarity on global variables
Post: RE: Clarity on global variables

Thank you very much for that clear and thorough explanation
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 943 Nov-26-2022, 12:10 PM
    Thread: Clarity on global variables
Post: Clarity on global variables

I have some code in which I have global variables which are accessed within functions but only in some cases they are recognized. I read online that this can be overcome by adding the line global <...
JonWayn General Coding Help 2 943 Nov-25-2022, 10:44 AM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: RE: I need some clarity on the use of the open com...

(Nov-07-2022, 08:51 PM)deanhystad Wrote: I think it is a logic error. I can think of no reason why you would open a file and write contents only to have them overwritten. Some sort of default file...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-08-2022, 11:46 PM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: RE: I need some clarity on the use of the open com...

(Nov-07-2022, 04:59 AM)deanhystad Wrote: The end result is that anything written to file "f" is overwritten by writes to file "file". This can be show with a small test program. x = open("junk.txt"...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-08-2022, 09:53 PM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: RE: I need some clarity on the use of the open com...

(Nov-07-2022, 01:19 PM)snippsat Wrote: Post whole code if it's more,it will not work as it is now. If the fullpath exists code will do nothing,if fullpath dos not exists will call function CreateFi...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-08-2022, 07:28 AM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: RE: I need some clarity on the use of the open com...

(Nov-07-2022, 04:26 AM)rob101 Wrote: The function is only called if the file (Maryland Case Search.csv) does not exist (the if branch; line 4). In that case, it is created at line 2 of the function ...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-07-2022, 08:51 AM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: RE: I need some clarity on the use of the open com...

(Nov-07-2022, 04:59 AM)deanhystad Wrote: The end result is that anything written to file "f" is overwritten by writes to file "file". This can be show with a small test program. x = open("junk.txt"...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-07-2022, 08:39 AM
    Thread: I need some clarity on the use of the open command
Post: I need some clarity on the use of the open command

I am looking at some code someone else wrote in which open is used then again on the same file that is already open. In VB, another language I use, something like this would raise an error and be deni...
JonWayn General Coding Help 11 2,381 Nov-07-2022, 01:36 AM
    Thread: managing new windows
Post: managing new windows

I need to control a website at which the links i interact with open in a new popup/tab. The href attribute of the links do me no good because using it in a separate request directs me back to the home...
JonWayn General Coding Help 1 1,774 Sep-22-2022, 01:29 AM
    Thread: Can't import csv data
Post: RE: Can't import csv data

(Sep-16-2022, 09:28 PM)rob101 Wrote: (Sep-16-2022, 10:43 AM)JonWayn Wrote: But then when I go to import this file into a Microsoft Access database, nothing is imported. It's been a number of years...
JonWayn General Coding Help 4 1,384 Sep-18-2022, 02:07 AM
    Thread: Can't import csv data
Post: RE: Can't import csv data

(Sep-16-2022, 11:01 AM)buran Wrote: (Sep-16-2022, 10:43 AM)JonWayn Wrote: The csv file gets created ok and looks good as far as I can tell.Then why do you think there is problem with the created f...
JonWayn General Coding Help 4 1,384 Sep-18-2022, 02:01 AM
    Thread: Can't import csv data
Post: Can't import csv data

in the code below, page is the webpage response from Playwright for what it's worth: The csv file gets created ok and looks good as far as I can tell. But then when I go to import this file into a Mic...
JonWayn General Coding Help 4 1,384 Sep-16-2022, 10:43 AM
    Thread: Help on ModuleNotFoundError
Post: Help on ModuleNotFoundError

I cant seem to get import commands to work unless I'm working from the same folder as the file I want to import. What is puzzling is that sys.path lists the directory i want to target, in which I have...
JonWayn General Coding Help 0 668 Sep-11-2022, 03:45 AM

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