My code looks like this:
def storescores():
hs = open("hst.txt","a")
hs.write(name)
hs.close()
so if I run it and enter "Ryan" then run it again and enter "Bob" the file hst.txt looks like
RyanBob
instead of
Ryan
Bob
How do I fix this?
In Python, the new line character “\n” is used to create a new line. When inserted in a string all the characters after the character are added to a new line. Essentially the occurrence of the “\n” indicates that the line ends here and the remaining characters would be displayed in a new line.
The new line character in Python is \n . It is used to indicate the end of a line of text. You can print strings without adding a new line with end = <character> , which <character> is the character that will be used to separate the lines.
" \r " is a carriage return and " \n " is a line-feed; the pair forms a Windows newline.
The newline character is \n in JavaScript and many other languages. All you need to do is add \n character whenever you require a line break to add a new line to a string.
If you want a newline, you have to write one explicitly. The usual way is like this:
hs.write(name + "\n")
This uses a backslash escape, \n
, which Python converts to a newline character in string literals. It just concatenates your string, name
, and that newline character into a bigger string, which gets written to the file.
It's also possible to use a multi-line string literal instead, which looks like this:
"""
"""
Or, you may want to use string formatting instead of concatenation:
hs.write("{}\n".format(name))
All of this is explained in the Input and Output chapter in the tutorial.
In Python >= 3.6 you can use new string literal feature:
with open('hst.txt', 'a') as fd:
fd.write(f'\n{name}')
Please notice using 'with statment' will automatically close the file when 'fd' runs out of scope
All answers seem to work fine. If you need to do this many times, be aware that writing
hs.write(name + "\n")
constructs a new string in memory and appends that to the file.
More efficient would be
hs.write(name)
hs.write("\n")
which does not create a new string, just appends to the file.
The answer is not to add a newline after writing your string. That may solve a different problem. What you are asking is how to add a newline before you start appending your string. If you want to add a newline, but only if one does not already exist, you need to find out first, by reading the file.
For example,
with open('hst.txt') as fobj:
text = fobj.read()
name = 'Bob'
with open('hst.txt', 'a') as fobj:
if not text.endswith('\n'):
fobj.write('\n')
fobj.write(name)
You might want to add the newline after name, or you may not, but in any case, it isn't the answer to your question.
I had the same issue. And I was able to solve it by using a formatter.
file_name = "abc.txt"
new_string = "I am a new string."
opened_file = open(file_name, 'a')
opened_file.write("%r\n" %new_string)
opened_file.close()
I hope this helps.
There is also one fact that you have to consider. You should first check if your file is empty before adding anything to it. Because if your file is empty then I don't think you would like to add a blank new line in the beginning of the file. This code
os.path.getsize()
to catch any exceptions.
Code:
import os
def storescores():
hs = open("hst.txt","a")
if(os.path.getsize("hst.txt") > 0):
hs.write("\n"+name)
else:
hs.write(name)
hs.close()
I presume that all you are wanting is simple string concatenation:
def storescores():
hs = open("hst.txt","a")
hs.write(name + " ")
hs.close()
Alternatively, change the " " to "\n" for a newline.
import subprocess
subprocess.check_output('echo "' + YOURTEXT + '" >> hello.txt',shell=True)
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