Error when creating a new text file with python

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This function doesn t work and raises an error  Do I need to change any arguments or parameters     import sys  def write        print  Creating new text file         name   input  Enter name of text file       txt     Name of text file coerced with   txt      try          file   open name  r        Trying to create a new file or open one         file close        except          print  Something went wrong  Can  t tell what            sys exit 0    quit Python  write

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following script will use to create any kind of file  with user input as extension  import sys def create        print  creating new  file       name raw input   enter the name of file        extension raw input   enter extension of file        try          name name     extension         file open name  a            file close       except              print  error occured               sys exit 0   create

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import sys  def write        print  Creating new text file         name   raw input  Enter name of text file       txt     Name of text file coerced with   txt      try          file   open name  a       Trying to create a new file or open one         file close        except          print  Something went wrong  Can  t tell what            sys exit 0    quit Python  write     this will work promise

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You can use open name   a    However  when you enter filename  use inverted commas on both sides  otherwise   txt cannot be added to filename

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You can os system function for simplicity    import os os system  touch filename extension     This invokes system terminal to accomplish the task

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If the file does not exists  open name  r    will fail   You can use open name   w    which creates the file if the file does not exist  but it will truncate the existing file   Alternatively  you can use open name   a    this will create the file if the file does not exist  but will not truncate the existing file

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This works just fine  but instead of   name   input  Enter name of text file       txt     you should use  name   raw input  Enter name of text file       txt    along with  open name  a   or open name  w

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instead of using try-except blocks  you could use  if else  this will not execute if the file is non-existent      open name  r     if os path exists  location filename txt        print  File exists   else     open  location filename txt    w      w  creates a file if its non-exis

[python] Error when creating a new text file with python?

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