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Pratyush Karna
Pratyush Karna

Reputation: 181

How to write to a file every next line?

I am working in python tkinter and I am trying to write a code for writing some contents to a file and saving it. I have used filedialog to do so. I wish to write the contents in every next line. While there are so errors in running the code, even after writing "\n", it is not writing to the next line. The "\n" just adds a space after. How to resolve this issue?

I have tried using the "\n" keyword in different ways possible. Yet, it is not writing to the next line. Instead it only adds a space after, just like &nbsp does.

Following is the relevant part of the code:

def save_file(event=""):
    data = filedialog.asksaveasfile(mode="w", defaultextension=".html")
    if data is None:
        return

    data.write("Content-1" + "\n"+ "Content-2" + "\n")
    data.close()

I expect the data to be written in the file as:

Content-1

Content-2

But it is writing to the file as: Content-1 Content-2

Upvotes: 1

Views: 112

Answers (1)

Patrick Artner
Patrick Artner

Reputation: 51683

You are creating html - files. \n it it are meaningless if you look at your file using a browser (which is the go-to for html-files).

You need to write html-linebreaks to you file if you want it to break using a browser when displaying the interpreted html.

data.write("Content-1" + "<br>\n"+ "Content-2" + "<br>\n")

That way you can "see" htlm newlines in your browser.

Edit your file in a Textfile-editor -not a browser- to see the \n that are actually written to your file.

Upvotes: 1

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