File Open Function with Try & Except Python 2.7.1

Question

def FileCheck(fn):       
       try:
           fn=open(\"TestFile.txt\",\"U\") 
       except IOError: 
           print \"Error: File does not appear to exist.\"
         


        

Answer 1

This is likely because you want to open the file in read mode. Replace the "U" with "r".

Of course, you can use os.path.isfile('filepath') too.