ValueError : I/O operation on closed file

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00:00 Valueerror : I/O Operation On Closed File
00:26 Accepted Answer Score 228
00:46 Answer 2 Score 11
01:02 Answer 3 Score 1
01:29 Answer 4 Score 0
01:44 Answer 5 Score 0
02:04 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 231

Indent correctly; your for statement should be inside the with block:

import csv    

with open('v.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
    cwriter = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=' ', quotechar='|', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)

    for w, c in p.items():
        cwriter.writerow(w + c)

Outside the with block, the file is closed.

>>> with open('/tmp/1', 'w') as f:
...     print(f.closed)
... 
False
>>> print(f.closed)
True

ANSWER 2

Score 11

Same error can raise by mixing: tabs + spaces.

with open('/foo', 'w') as f:
 (spaces OR  tab) print f       <-- success
 (spaces AND tab) print f       <-- fail

ANSWER 3

Score 0

file = open("filename.txt", newline='')
for row in self.data:
    print(row)

Save data to a variable(file), so you need a with.

ANSWER 4

Score 0

I had this problem when I was using an undefined variable inside the with open(...) as f:. I removed (or I defined outside) the undefined variable and the problem disappeared.