def open_new_file(prompt_phrase, extension='', hint=None):
"""will ask for a file name to be typed
by user into the console path to the file can be
either relative or absolute. Extension will be appended
to the given file name.
Return value is the file object.
"""
if extension != '':
if extension[0] != '.':
extension = '.' + extension
else:
extension = ''
file_object = None
if hint:
file_path = path.extend_file_name(hint, extension)
file_object = path.create_file_if_does_not_exist(file_path,
print_warning=True)
while file_object == None:
file_path = raw_input(prompt_phrase)
file_path = path.extend_file_name(file_path, extension)
file_object = path.create_file_if_does_not_exist(file_path,
print_warning=True)
return file_object
def open_new_file(prompt_phrase, extension = '', hint = None):
"""will ask for a file name to be typed
by user into the console path to the file can be
either relative or absolute. Extension will be appended
to the given file name.
Return value is the file object.
"""
if extension != '':
if extension[0] != '.':
extension = '.' + extension
else:
extension = ''
file_object = None
if hint:
file_path = path.extend_file_name(hint, extension)
file_object = path.create_file_if_does_not_exist(file_path, print_warning = True)
while file_object is None:
file_path = raw_input(prompt_phrase)
file_path = path.extend_file_name(file_path, extension)
file_object = path.create_file_if_does_not_exist(file_path, print_warning = True)
return file_object
