CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
snaktastic
snaktastic

Reputation: 43

remove all quotation marks when writing to a txt file

Im writing the list deck into a file, however i need each item in each list to not have ' ' around it when written in.

deck = [['ad','ah','ac','as'],['2d','2h','2c','2s'],['3d','3h','3c','3s'],['4d','4h','4c','4s'],['5d','5h','5c','5s'],['6d','6h','6c','6s'],['7d','7h','7c','7s'],['8d','8h','8c','8s'],['9d','9h','9c','9s'],['td','th','tc','ts'],['jd','jh','jc','js'],['qd','qh','qc','qs'],['kd','kh','kc','ks']]

f = open('list.txt','w')
for i in deck:
    a=str(i)[1:-1].strip("'")+"\n"
    f.writelines(a)
f.close()

As seen in the code above ive tried to use .strip() but that isnt working as its only removing the first and last quotation. Would there be a way to get the text file to look like this:

ad, ah, ac, as
2d, 2h, 2c, 2s
3d, 3h, 3c, 3s
4d, 4h, 4c, 4s
etc...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 86

Answers (4)

Oleksandr Fedorov
Oleksandr Fedorov

Reputation: 1271

What you try to perform is to write in csv fromat. Namely try something like this:

import csv


with open('list.txt','w') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
    writer.writerows(deck)

Upvotes: 1

Thierry Lathuille
Thierry Lathuille

Reputation: 24234

Use join to join the different parts of each sublist with ', ':

deck = [['ad','ah','ac','as'],['2d','2h','2c','2s'],['3d','3h','3c','3s'],['4d','4h','4c','4s'],['5d','5h','5c','5s'],['6d','6h','6c','6s'],['7d','7h','7c','7s'],['8d','8h','8c','8s'],['9d','9h','9c','9s'],['td','th','tc','ts'],['jd','jh','jc','js'],['qd','qh','qc','qs'],['kd','kh','kc','ks']]

with open('list.txt','w') as f:
    for sublist in deck:
        f.write(', '.join(sublist)+'\n')

Output (in list.txt):

ad, ah, ac, as
2d, 2h, 2c, 2s
3d, 3h, 3c, 3s
...

Also, note that it is better to use with open... to make sure that your file gets closed whatever happens.

Upvotes: 1

zabop
zabop

Reputation: 7852

You can work along the lines of this:

for each in deck:
  for INDEX, EACH in enumerate(each):
    if INDEX==0:
      print(EACH,end='')
    else:
      print(','+EACH,end='')
  print('\n')

Producing the output:

ad,ah,ac,as

2d,2h,2c,2s

3d,3h,3c,3s

4d,4h,4c,4s

...

Upvotes: 1

Spencer Wieczorek
Spencer Wieczorek

Reputation: 21565

Simply use .replace("'", "") instead of .strip("'"). Strip only removes the characters from the left and right side of the string and not in the middle, which is why you see the array being printed as ad', 'ah', 'ac', 'as on each line:

deck = [['ad','ah','ac','as'],['2d','2h','2c','2s'],['3d','3h','3c','3s'],['4d','4h','4c','4s'],['5d','5h','5c','5s'],['6d','6h','6c','6s'],['7d','7h','7c','7s'],['8d','8h','8c','8s'],['9d','9h','9c','9s'],['td','th','tc','ts'],['jd','jh','jc','js'],['qd','qh','qc','qs'],['kd','kh','kc','ks']]

f = open('list.txt','w')
for i in deck:
    a=str(i)[1:-1].replace("'", "")+"\n"
    f.writelines(a)
f.close()

Repel.it Example

Upvotes: 1

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