Python · Files and paths

file.write() / writelines()

Write a string, or an iterable of strings, to a file.

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Syntax

file.write(text)

Example

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with open("notes.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.writelines(["a\n", "b\n"])
print(open("notes.txt", encoding="utf-8").read().strip())

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