How do I fix my invalid syntax in Python 3?

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At the bottom of my code, below the class, it says I have an invalid syntax for "text" on the right of function.createtextfile() = create "text". I put in quotation marks around text so you guys would know where it says that. This is my code

print("If you would like to create a new text file type 'create text', If you would like to add text type 'add text', If you would like to read your file type 'read text'")

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class function:
    def createtextfile():
        text4 = '\nHello there'
        text2 = open('c:/Users/Me/Desktop/Victor.txt','w')
        text2.write(text)
        text2.close
    def addtext():
        text3 = open('c:/Users/Me/Desktop/Victor.txt','a')
        something = input('what would you like to add? ')
        text3.write(something)
        text3.close
    def readtext():
        justread = open('c:/Users/Me/Desktop/Victor.txt','r').read()
        print(justread)
        
function.createtextfile() = create text
function.addtext() = add text
function.readtext() = read text

What I have tried:

I have tried to put parentheses in front of "text" but that didn't do anything.

Posted 20-Feb-18 12:12pm

TUD111

Updated 13-Mar-23 4:21am

Chris Maunder772.4K

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Solution 2

Do you mean something similar to

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class function:
    def createtextfile(self, text):
        f = open('foo.txt','w')
        f.write(text)
        f.close()
    def addtext(self):
        f = open('foo.txt','a')
        something = input('what would you like to add? ')
        f.write(something)
        f.close()
    def readtext(self):
        justread = open('foo.txt','r').read()
        print(justread)


f = function()
f.createtextfile("foo\n")
f.addtext()
f.readtext()

Posted 21-Feb-18 0:07am

CPallini

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-20T22:10:00

Solution 1

That syntax is wrong in two ways. Firstly your text strings are not enclosed in quotes. And secondly you cannot set a function equal to some value.

See 6. Modules — Python 3.4.8 documentation[^] for how to define and call functions correctly.

Posted 20-Feb-18 22:10pm

Richard MacCutchan

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