How to close file_object in Python

Question

I don't want to use the with operator right now. How can I achieve this using try-catch?

try: 
  file_object = open('todo.txt')
except FileNotFoundError: 
  print("The file is not found")
finally: 
  file_object.close() # file_object is not defined

UPDATE SOLUTION:

file_object = None 

try: 
  file_object = open('todo.txt')
except FileNotFoundError: 
  print("The file is not found")
finally: 
  if file_object is not None: 
    file_object.close() 

Answer 1

You could use else instead of finally . else triggers only if the code in the try block ran without any errors.

try: 
  file_object = open('todo.txt')
except FileNotFoundError: 
  print("The file is not found")
else:
  file_object.close()