Python - 'str' object has no attribute 'close'
file-io, python
Solution
`file_content` is a string variable, which contains contents of the file -- it has no relation to the file. The file descriptor you open with `open(from_file)` will be closed automatically: file sessions are closed after the file-objects exit the scope (in this case, immediately after `.read()`).
Problem
I am having a great time trying to figure out why there doesn't need to be a closing attribute for this few lines of code I wrote: ``` from sys import argv from os.path import exists script, from_file, to_file = argv file_content = open(from_file).read() new_file = open(to_file, 'w').write(file_content) new_file.close() file_content.close() ``` I read some things and other people's posts about this, but their scripts were a lot more complicated than what I'm currently learning, so I couldn't figure out why. I am doing Learning Python the Hard Way and would appreciate any help.