TypeError: expected a character buffer object

Question

I am running into the following error while writing the value into a file. Can you please help me figure out what is the issue here and how to fix it?

row = 649
with open(r'\\loc\dev\Build_ver\build_ver.txt','r+') as f:
    f.write(row)
print row

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "latest_rev.py", line 6, in <module>
    f.write(row)
TypeError: expected a character buffer object

possible duplicate of [TypeError: expected a character buffer object - while trying to save integer to textfile](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9786941/typeerror-expected-a-character-buffer-object-while-trying-to-save-integer-to) — Florian Brucker, May 06 '15 at 20:41

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '14 at 20:52

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Assuming you just want to write the string '649' to the file, change row to '649' or issue f.write(str(row)).

answered Jun 26 '14 at 20:52

timgeb

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i.e. `write()` won't take an int, so cast `row` to a string. – Travis Jan 16 '15 at 20:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '19 at 04:19

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You can do what timgeb did or you can do

row = str(649)

answered Dec 02 '19 at 04:19

bruh

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '19 at 10:52

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I had the same error, in my code:

s.translate(table)

The s obj was string. The issue was s.translate was expecting a unicode string. So, the fix was to use:

unicode(s).translate(table)

edited Sep 12 '19 at 10:52

timgeb

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answered Jun 02 '19 at 16:48

Roozbeh Zabihollahi

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TypeError: expected a character buffer object

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