Issues running python file on Pycharm (Python 3.8)

Question

I wrote a single python file that should create a csv file in the local directory when executed. The python file does not create a csv file in the local directory, even though execution completes successfully. My code and output screenshot are included below:

from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
import os
def web_scraper(self):
    os.chdir(r"/Users/bsulin/PycharmProjects/StockNewsWebScraper/")

    print("Hi print")

    return("Hi return")

It seems that your question is just "[how to] create a csv file in the local directory". There is no need for web scraping, nor most of the other malformed code, to this question. Please reduce your code to a minimal reproducible example, both to help us understand and answer your question, and to help you realise potential errors yourself. See the How to Ask for details. — MisterMiyagi
– MisterMiyagi, Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 7:52
That's not what I requested. You have also removed the csv writing code. Do you actually call web_scraper, though? — MisterMiyagi
– MisterMiyagi, Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 16:50
It works now! I think I needed to remove the function from the class. So doesn't look like web_scraper function was being called. — Bryce S
– Bryce S, Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 17:00
Does this answer your question? How can I change directory with Python pathlib — bad_coder
– bad_coder, Commented May 15, 2021 at 2:36

GordonAitchJay · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-19 07:44:31Z

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It's most likely saving it somewhere you're not expecting due to a current working directory (cwd) issue.

Either change the current working directory in PyCharm as per PyCharm current working directory, or explicitly change it with code:

import os # put these lines at the top of your script
os.chdir(r"/Users/bsulin/PycharmProjects/StockNewsWebScraper/")

answered Mar 19, 2020 at 7:44

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4 Comments

Bryce S Over a year ago

I tried both of those methods (updated question with details), and it's still not working. Won't even print or return my "Hi" strings.

GordonAitchJay Over a year ago

That's very strange. Try creating a new project in PyCharm and just put print("test"), see if that works.

Bryce S Over a year ago

It works now! I think I needed to remove the function from the class.

GordonAitchJay Over a year ago

Oh I think what happened was that you created the function web_scraper, but you never called it, so it was never executed.

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