Python question

[Derell]

Hello all,

I'm new to the forum and the world of coding. I'm currently taking the beginners python 3 course. I'm on chapter 7 and I've just completed lesson 5 however I keep getting an error regarding the gif image that I saved from google. I'm certain the image is a gif file. Could there be something wrong with the image or the way it's been saved? I saved it to the desktop and a file folder. See the following error below and please advise. Thank you in advance.

Derell,

========== RESTART: C:/Users/Dell/Desktop/Lessons/12.20.20_practice.py =========
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Dell/Desktop/Lessons/12.20.20_practice.py", line 4, in <module>
    python_logo = PhotoImage(file="python.gif")
  File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 4063, in __init__
    Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
  File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 4008, in __init__
    self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't open "python.gif": no such file or directory
>>> 

 

[administrator]

Just the path to the file is incorrect. 

Python is looking for the image, but it can't find it.

[Derell]

Thank you for the insight as that makes plenty of sense. Any idea on how I can correct this, or is that an entirely different topic?

[Derell]

In other words, how do I change the path to the file so python can see the file? Forgive my ignorance. I'm figuring this all out slowly but surely.

[administrator]

Oops ... I missed this.

Did you figure it out? You literally move the image to match the path in your code or you change your code to properly point to the image.