Python - How do I separate data into multiple lines

Question

I have two strings that i want to put into a txt file but when I try and write then, it's only on the first line, I want the string to be on separate lines how do I do so?

Here is the writing part of my code btw:

saveFile = open('points.txt', 'w') saveFile.write(str(jakesPoints)) saveFile.write(str(alexsPoints)) saveFile.close

if jakesPoints was 10 and alexsPoints was 12 then the text file would be

but i want to to be

10 12

Studybuffalo · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-17 05:22:13Z

You can use a newline character (\n) to move to a new line. For your example:

with open('points.txt', 'w') as saveFile: saveFile.write("{}\n".format(jakesPoints)) saveFile.write("{}\n".format(alexsPoints))

The other things to note:

It is helpful to open files using with - this will take care of opening and closing the file automatically (which is typically preferred over trying to remember to .close()).
The {}.format() section is used to convert your numbers to a string and add the newline character. I found https://pyformat.info/ explained the string formatters pretty good and highlight all the main advantages.

Shashank Singh · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-17 05:15:40Z

with open('points.txt', 'w') as saveFile: saveFile.write(str(jakesPoints)) saveFile.write("\n") saveFile.write(str(alexsPoints))

See difference betweenw and a used in open(). Also see join() .

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