os-filenotfounderror-no-such-file-or-directory

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Occurs when trying to open a file that does not exist or has an incorrect path.

Reproduce

with open("data.txt", "r") as f:
    content = f.read()

print(content)

Error Message

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'data.txt'

Fix

with open("data.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write("hello")

with open("data.txt", "r") as f:
    content = f.read()

print(content)

Reflection

Tried to open the file, but it wasn’t in the folder I was running from.

Reference

Related case: https://pyai.io/en/python/basic/file-io/