=PY() function question - how do I create a file using python? (IN EXCEL)

Radoslaw Poprawski

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So I started to learn python,
Mostly cos it is in excel now, and looping, web scraping and SAP scripting seems way easier then in VBA.

anyway to the question:

when i run this code in VS code, it works and it is creating a file:
Python:
def main():  
    # Open a file for writing and create it if it doesn't exist
    MyNewFile = open("testfile.txt", "w+")

however, when i try the same code pasted to excel, im getting Error 13:
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I trie even this method:
Python:
new_file_Path = r"C:\Users\Kafelka\Desktop\test.txt"
new_file = open(new_file_Path, "w+")
to specify the exact path to no avail.

and this too:
Python:
def CreateFile():
new_file_Path = r"C:\Users\Kafelka\Desktop\test.txt"
new_file = open(new_file_Path, "w+")

However with this the error is sitting on line 2,

so what am I doing wong?
 

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