Matt Domeier wrote:
Hello,
I have a series of lists that I need to output into files with a
specific format. Specifically, I need to have line breaks after each
entry of the list, and I need to do away with the ['..'] that
accompany the data after I transform the list into a string. Can I
simply append a '\n' to the end of all the list entries in order to
enact line breaks?
Thanks!
First point: you should include source code for what you're doing (cut
'n paste, don't retype it). Normally, it should also include sample
data and/or sample results.
For example, you say you're transforming the list into a string, and
that ".." accompanies the data. I have to guess what you're doing, and
therefore how to fis it. I'd guess that for some reason you're using
"..".join(mylist)
which would make a string by concatenating all the strings in the list,
with ".." between them. As Wayne has pointed out, you could just
concatenate them using the "\n" separator instead of the ".." But
notice that puts newlines between the elements, but doesn't put one at
the end. Since he's using print, that automatically adds a trailing
newline. But probably you're not using print. You didn't say.
But you say you want to put them into *files*, and "with a specific
format." It's only a wild guess that the plural was a typo, and that
the specific format is called a text file. Much more likely, you want
to put some of them in one file, formatted a certain way, and some into
another file, formatted differently. If that's the case, why not loop
through the list, doing whatever you really need? You can always use a
"\n" as part of the format when doing the call to write(), or whatever
you're using to do the file I/O. Or just use writeline(), which
implicitly adds the newline.
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