Writing and reading files

Question

So I made a script like this:

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

And I wanted to write something in this so I did:

a.write("EndGame")

But it said it could not write, why?

You used the read handler, `"r"`. Instead, use `a = open("movies.txt","w")`. Check out [this link](https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files). — A.J. Uppal, Jul 14 '20 at 19:49
You're mixing up the [three Rs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_three_Rs). — Peter Wood, Jul 14 '20 at 19:50
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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 14 '20 at 19:56

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that is because you have entered a wrong file mode. You used r which stands for reading while you should use the w for the writing. That code should work.

a = open("movies.txt","rw")
a.write("EndGame")
a.close()

edited Jul 14 '20 at 19:56

Matthias

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answered Jul 14 '20 at 19:49

Aleksander Ikleiw

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There is one double quotation mark missing behind `"rw`. I just cannot add it myself because SO keeps telling me that edits must alter at lest 6 chars. – Daniel B. Jul 14 '20 at 19:55
@DanielB. thank you, I just made a stupid typo :) – Aleksander Ikleiw Jul 14 '20 at 19:57
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@DanielB. Thanks for the hint. I corrected the code. – Matthias Jul 14 '20 at 19:57

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