Question

Help! I use this SIMPLE code:
def loadsubjects(filename):
inputfile = open(filename)
print inputfile
for filename I use the name of a file saved in the same folder as the program...but I get a NameError saying the name of file I'm trying to open not recognized...

Answer 1

Just for debugging, put:

print filename

before the open statement, so you can be sure exactly what you're getting.

BTW, when you open a file, you should specify the mode that you're opening it: read, write or append. And in DOS, whether it's a binary read/write. The mode is the second argument to open:

foo = open( "someFile.txt", "rb" )

Answer 2

post the line of code that calls the function