Reading file in the same folder - Improvement?

Question

i am writing an python script. I was having some problems to open the file. The error was always that system just can not find the file.

Because of that i tried get the active path... Replace backslash ... and so on....

Is there any improvements to work with the file in the same folder?

The Code

import os

# The name of the txt file that is in the same folder.
myFile = 'noticia.txt'

# Getting the active script
diretorio = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

# Replace BackSlash and concatenate myFile
correctPath = diretorio.replace("\\", "/") + "/" + myFile

# Open file
fileToRead = open(correctPath, "r")

# Store text in a variable
myText = fileToRead.read()

# Print
print(myText)

Note:

The script is in the same folder of the txt file.

Answer 1

Is there any improvements to work with the file in the same folder?

First off, please see PEP 8 for standard conventions on variable names.

correctPath = diretorio.replace("\\", "/") + "/" + myFile

While forward slashes are preferred when you specify a new path in your code, there is no need to replace the backslashes in a path that Windows gives you. Python and/or Windows will translate behind the scenes as necessary.

However, it would be better to use os.path.join to combine the path components (something like correct_path = os.path.join(diretorio, my_file)).

fileToRead = open(correctPath, "r")

# Store text in a variable
myText = fileToRead.read()

It is better to use a with block to manage the file, which ensures that it is closed properly, like so:

with open(correct_path, 'r') as my_file:
    my_text = my_file.read()