Question

To open a file c:\scores.txt for writing, we use ____________

(a) outfile = open(“c:\scores.txt”, “w”)

(b) outfile = open(“c:\\scores.txt”, “w”)

(c) outfile = open(file = “c:\scores.txt”, “w”)

(d) outfile = open(file = “c:\\scores.txt”, “w”)

The question was posed to me in exam.

This intriguing question originated from Files topic in section Regular Expressions and Files of Python

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) outfile = open(“c:\\scores.txt”, “w”)

The best I can explain: w is used to indicate that file is to be written to.