Writing to Files in python

Question

I am creating a .txt file to store scores in my snake game. The problem is writing back into the file. my current idea goes somewhat like this:

for line in open("scoreboard.txt", "r+"):
    line = scorelist[y] + namelist[y]

I've already read through the scores, made them into a list, and incorporated a new score, but I can't figure out how to simultaneously cycle through both a line and the lists i'm storing the data in to process, and overwrite the old scores.

Answer 1

You could use JSON encoding to store simple objects into a file:

import json

myscore = [1,2,5]
mynames = ["foo","bar","baz"]

#save
with open("scores.json","w") as f:
    json.dump({'score' : myscore, 'names': mynames},f)

#load
with open("scores.json","r") as f:
    content = json.load(f)
    loadedScore = content['score']
    loadedNames = content['names']