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Exsul
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Sep-12-2019, 11:39 PM

Why does writing files work in both the command prompt and PyCharm (IDE)...

a = open("workfile.txt", "w")

a.close()

but reading them only works in the command prompt?

a = open("workfile.txt", "r")

a.read()

a.close()

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Can read files in command prompt but not IDE - by Exsul - Sep-12-2019, 11:39 PM

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