FileIO problem

[Layin'_Low]

i'm havin a problem with this simple program. i need the output of this
loop to be written to a file but i dont know how to do it!! this is
what i have right now:

gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
count = 0
while count != 1000:
count = count + 1
print "Admin forceclass " , count , gclas

i know the IO script. i tried calling it a function, but i got an error
that says i cant call funtions for writing:

gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
def Princlas():
count = 0
while count != 1000:
count = count + 1
print "Admin forceclass " , count , gclas
#asks for file name
a = raw_input("What is new file name:")
out_file = open(a,"w")
#this is the input of text
out_file.write(Princlas)
out_file.close()

i know i need to get it to a string but i dont know how?Any solution or
help i s more that welcome

[Sybren Stuvel]

Layin'_Low enlightened us with:

count = 0
while count != 1000:
count = count + 1
print "Admin forceclass " , count , gclas

I think you want:

output = file('out', 'w')
gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
for count in range(1000):
output.write("Admin forceclass %4i %s\n" % (count , gclas))
output.close()
Sybren
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[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

Try this:

gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
def Princlas():
count = 0
while count != 1000:
count = count + 1
return "Admin forceclass %s %s " % ( count , gclas )
#asks for file name
a = raw_input("What is new file name:")
out_file = open(a,"w")
#this is the input of text
out_file.write(Princlas())
out_file.close()

i know i need to get it to a string but i dont know how?

Your functions should RETURN a string, with the "return" statement.
Another issue: you cannot write the function itself, only its result:

out_file.write(Princlas())

instead of

out_file.write(Princlas)

[Layin'_Low]

thnx guys it was late and had just come from a bar and didnt reread the
lines. thnx again for the help

[bruno modulix]

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:

Try this:

gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
def Princlas():
count = 0
while count != 1000:
count = count + 1
return "Admin forceclass %s %s " % ( count , gclas )

have you tried your code ? Obviously, no, else you would have seen that
it always return on the first iteration.

<op>
2 solutions : passing the output stream to the function, or having the
function returning a string.

# solution 1
def prin_clas(gclas, out, nblines=1000):
for count in xrange(nblines):
out.write("Admin forceclass %d %s\n" % ( count , gclas ))
a = raw_input("What is new file name:")
out_file = open(a,"w")
gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
prin_clas(gclas, out_file)
out_file.close()

# solution 2
def prin_clas(gclas, nb_lines=1000):
result = []
for count in xrange(nblines):
result.append("Admin forceclass %d %s" % ( count , gclas ))
return "\n".join(result)

a = raw_input("What is new file name:")
out_file = open(a,"w")
gclas = raw_input("What is the class:")
out_file.write(prin_clas(gclas))
out_file.close()


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