create a file in the script using python

python createfile
user3256847 picture user3256847 · Feb 7, 2014 · Viewed 14k times · Source

I am new to python.

I wanted to know if I could create a text file in the script itself before writing into. I do not want to create a text file using the command prompt.

I have written this script to write the result into the file

with open('1.txt', 'r') as flp:
        data = flp.readlines()

however I know that 1.txt has to be created before writing into it.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Answer

acrosman picture acrosman · Feb 7, 2014

Open can be used in a several modes, in your case you have opened in read mode ('r'). To write to a file you use the write mode ('w').

So you can get a file object with:

open('1.txt', 'w')

If 1.txt doesn't exist it will create it. If it does exist it will truncate it.

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