Writing to Files in Python 1

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Writing to Files in Python 1

Quick reference

# open/create a file for writing example 1
file =  open('sample_text.txt', 'w')
file.write("Hello, world!")
file.close()

# open/create a file for writing example 2 (using with statement)
with open('sample_text.txt', 'w') as file:
    file.write("Hello, world!")

Interactive tasks (trinket.io)

Each task below is interactive. Edit the code in the editor and click Run.

Task 1 — Write a program that writes a line of text to a file

Open (or create) a file called output.txt in write mode ('w').
Write the line "Hulk Hogan" to the file.
Close the file.

Task 2 —Write a program that writes several lines of text to a file

Open (or create) a file called output.txt in write mode ('w').
Write the line "Hulk Hogan" to the file.
Write the line "Ultimate Warrior" to the file.
Write the line "Ted Dibiase" to the file.
Write the line "Randy Savage" to the file.
Close the file.