I am currently working on an application that will convert a messy text file full of data into an organized CSV. It currently works well but when I convert the text file to csv I want to be able to select a text file with any name. The way my code is currently written, I have to name the file "file.txt". How do I go about this?
Here is my code. I can send the whole script if necessary. Just to note this is a function that is linked to a tkinter button. Thanks in advance.
def convert():
df = pd.read_csv("file.txt",delimiter=';')
df.to_csv('Cognex_Data.csv')
>Solution :
Try defining your function as follow:
def convert(input_filename, output_filename='Cognex_Data.csv'):
df = pd.read_csv(input_filename, delimiter=';')
df.to_csv(output_filename)
And for instance use it as follow:
filename = input("Enter filename: ")
convert(filename, "Cognex_Data.csv")
You can also put "Cognex_Data.csv" as a default value for the output_filename argument in the convert function definition (as done above).
And finally you can use any way you like to get the filename (for instance tkinter.filedialog as suggested by matszwecja).