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MonkeyBean2

Can I be a helper?

Last edited by MonkeyBean2 (June 29, 2022 20:14:41)

Joshisaurio

ScratchTheCoder12345 wrote:
ScratchTheCoder12345 wrote:
Can I be a helper? I'm very advanced with Python.
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Please wait longer to bump your posts, about 1 day

Joshisaurio

MonkeyBean2 wrote:
I want to be a helper! - Can I be a helper? I'm quite advanced with Python.

Sure! Also about your double post please be patient it takes me a while to post because of the 60 second post wait

ScratchTheCoder12345

Any help needed? Feel free to message me here or on my profile!

Joshisaurio

MonkeyBean2 wrote:
Can I be a helper?

What code editors do you use?

mzarony0

I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!

Last edited by mzarony0 (June 29, 2022 20:31:43)

Dinosu

mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!

It depends on how you're doing things. Are you using the input() function to get the user's input in the console, and have you worked with text files before?

mzarony0

Dinosu wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!
It depends on how you're doing things. Are you using the input() function to get the user's input in the console, and have you worked with text files before?

yes and yes

Dinosu

mzarony0 wrote:
Dinosu wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!
It depends on how you're doing things. Are you using the input() function to get the user's input in the console, and have you worked with text files before?
yes and yes

So I suppose the question is that you've loaded the user's input into the text file and want to download that file automatically. You have a few options for accomplishing this, and this article should help you choose one.

Edit: the way this works also depends on the IDE. I believe the article I just referenced only works in Replit, because it is the only IDE we have listed in this topic that provides support for a web-based file created by a program. Sorry, I overlooked the question when I was answering; I'm sure there's a better way.

Last edited by Dinosu (June 29, 2022 20:49:01)

MonkeyBean2

mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!

Well, i'm not sure what you mean by ‘download’ exactly, but this is how you write/read files:

# write to file:
with open("file.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write("I wrote something to a file!!! YAY!!!")
#
#
# append to file (add more stuff to the end of a file):
with open("file.txt", "a") as f:
    f.write("I appended something! :D")
#
#
# read file:
with open("file.txt", "r") as f:
    print(f.read())

ScratchTheCoder12345

MonkeyBean2 wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!

Well, i'm not sure what you mean by ‘download’ exactly, but this is how you write/read files:
# write to file:
with open("file.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write("I wrote something to a file!!! YAY!!!")
#
#
# append to file (add more stuff to the end of a file):
with open("file.txt", "a") as f:
    f.write("I appended something! :D")
#
#
# read file:
with open("file.txt", "r") as f:
    print(f.read())

They mean download something to your device like download random_file.txt to your computer's hard drive.

Dinosu

mzarony0 wrote:
Dinosu wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I have yet another question. I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad). I have figured everything out other than the downloading part. Is there a built in function to download or is there a library? Thanks!
It depends on how you're doing things. Are you using the input() function to get the user's input in the console, and have you worked with text files before?
yes and yes

I have never downloaded a local file using Python, but it seems unnecessary considering that the file is already created on the user's computer. In general, whether you're running a program in Pycharm, Replit, Jupyter, etc., when you create a text file in your program, it will be saved in the same directory as the script. If you're running your program on an IDE local to your computer, such as Pycharm, your file will already be on your computer, but you can do things like move it to your documents folder.

If you're running something over the Internet, such as in Replit, you can manually click download on the created file, or use the option I theorized above.

applejuiceproduc

Joshisaurio wrote:
applejuiceproduc wrote:
I use VSCode, vi and replit
Ok but what's vi?

Vi is one of the first and most important text editors, more info here.

mybearworld

Joshisaurio wrote:
Ok but what's vi?

vi

DifferentDance8

mzarony0 wrote:
I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad).

If you use tkinter, then it is as simple as:

tkFileDialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".txt")

code totally not stolen from stackoverflow

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MonkeyBean2

DifferentDance8 wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad).
If you use tkinter, then it is as simple as:
tkFileDialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".txt")
code totally not stolen from stackoverflow

That brings up the file picker dialogue, opens the file you select, and can be treated similarly to

open("file path", "mode")

Example:

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog
root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()
# here, we replace open("file.txt", "w") with tkinters function
with filedialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".txt") as f:
     f.write("blablahblah")

MonkeyBean2

ScratchTheCoder12345 wrote:
They mean download something to your device like download random_file.txt to your computer's hard drive.

Saying “download” usually means getting data from another computer.

ScratchTheCoder12345

DifferentDance8 wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad).
If you use tkinter, then it is as simple as:
tkFileDialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".txt")
code totally not stolen from stackoverflow

hahan stack overflow

MagicCrayon9342

ScratchTheCoder12345 wrote:
DifferentDance8 wrote:
mzarony0 wrote:
I am trying to create a program that allows the user to first write down whatever they want, and then download it (kind of like a small notepad).
If you use tkinter, then it is as simple as:
tkFileDialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".txt")
code totally not stolen from stackoverflow
hahan stack overflow

You can take a look at the sources of AuraPad. A Python text editor written entirely in Python. Or if you want, just fork it!

Last edited by MagicCrayon9342 (June 30, 2022 15:05:33)

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