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Posted by Avik Chakraborty
Avik Chakraborty
6,621 Points

Tried to write out event list to a text file....something is not right its printing the whole array in the text.

Tried to write out event list to a text file....something is not right its printing the whole array in the text.

will write what the software does

Describe the rules

Get items from user

Stop when asked

Chec data

def intro():
    print("My to-do list.\nType in the events.\n=============================")

def rules():
    print("""Type SHOW to see list.
Type DONE to print data.
Type HELP for help.""")
def lister(listOfevents):
    for event in listOfevents:
        print(event)
def writeExport(listOfevents):
    shoplista=open("FILE01.txt",'w')
    shoplista.write(str(listOfevents))
    shoplista.close()
def main():
    listOfevents = []
    while True:
        events = raw_input("===>>")
        if events == "HELP":
            rules()
            continue
        elif events == "SHOW":
            lister(listOfevents)
            continue
        elif events =="DONE":
            writeExport(listOfevents)
            break

        myList = listOfevents.append(events)
intro()
print("Enter the events:")
main()

2 Answers

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points
Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Avik

Your writeExport function just coverts the list to a string and then writes thats out. Why not iterate through the list and write each event to the file like below. Also I would change the mode from 'w' to 'a' i.e append to the file.

def writeExport(listOfevents):
    shoplista=open("FILE01.txt",'a')
    for event in listOfevents:
        shoplista.write(event+"\n")
    shoplista.close()

let me know if this works

Avik Chakraborty
Avik Chakraborty
6,621 Points
Avik Chakraborty
Avik Chakraborty
6,621 Points

Very helpful.......thanks!!!!