Methods of writing a text file
.write()
.writelines()
.write() is a method of a file object. The file object is created by the open() statement.
When the .write()method is called, the contents of the string variable is written to the file.
Note: To write() to a file, the file first must be opened.
file_object.write(string_variable)
string_variable: a variable (or literal) that contains a string
file_object: the name that will be used in the program to process the file.
Write keyboard input to a file. Stop input when no data is entered.
def writef(fname ='outfile.txt'):
f = open(fname, 'w')
line = input('Enter some data for a line: ')
while line != '':
f.write(line+ '\n')
line = input('Enter some data for a line: ')
f.close()
.writelines() Syntax
Note: To writeline() to a file, the file first must be opened.
file_object.writeline(string_variable)
string_variable: a variable (or literal) that contains a string
file_object: the name that will be used in the program to process the file.