How to write variables to a new line in a text file in python

Question

Here is my code:

f = open("text.txt", "w+")
var2 = input()
f.write(var2'\n')

How can I make this work?

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Sunitha · Answer 1 · 2018-06-17T08:11:28.067

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This should work

f = open("text.txt", "w+")
var2 = input()
f.write(var2 + '\n')
f.close()

But, this is a better way to do it

with open("text.txt", "w+") as f:
    f.write(var2 + '\n')

edited Jun 17 '18 at 08:11

answered Jun 17 '18 at 01:38

Sunitha

This is a good answer but you should recommend using with to open files – Olivier Melançon Jun 17 '18 at 02:06

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '18 at 01:39

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if var is a string, you can just do f.write(var + '\n'). If var is not a string, you will need to do f.write(str(var) + '\n')

answered Jun 17 '18 at 01:39

John Anderson

var will always be a string, it comes from input – Olivier Melançon Jun 17 '18 at 02:06

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