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Writing to a text file

print "Creating a text file with the write() method." text_file = open("write_it.txt", "w") text_file.write("Line 1\n") text_file.write("line 2\n") text_file.write("line 3\n") text_file.close() print "\nReading the newly created file." text_file = open("write_it.txt", "r") print text_file.read() text_file.close() print "\nCreating a text file with the writelines() method." text_file = open("write_it.txt", "w") lines = ["Line 1\n",          "line 2\n",          "line 3\n"] text_file.writelines(lines) text_file.close() print "\nReading the newly created file." text_file = open("write_it.txt", "r") print text_file.read() text_file.close() raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")