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Writing to a File

To write to a file, use the write function. This function takes a string as its parameter, and writes the string to its associated output file.

For example, here is a simple program that opens a file for writing, and then writes two strings to the file:

myfile = open("myfile.txt", "w")
data = "Here is a line of text being written to a file. "
data2 = "Here is some more data."
myfile.write(data)
myfile.write(data2)

Note that this program writes the two strings to the same output line. The output file looks like this:

Here is a line of text being written to a file. Here is some more data.

To write the strings on separate lines, add a newline character, represented by \n, to the end of the first string:

myfile = open("myfile.txt", "w")
data = "Here is a line of text being written to a file.\n" 
data2 = "Here is some more data."
myfile.write(data)
myfile.write(data2)

	You cannot write to a file unless it has been opened. See Opening a File for details on how to open a file.