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Zac
Zac

Reputation: 323

want names inside list to be as names of files using for loop python

I have a list below as list of names and want to use it as files names using loop.

name = [tina, vans, john, sam, victory]

using for loops i want to open files list below

for i in name:
   a=open('tina.txt')
   b=open('vans.txt')
   c=open('john.txt')
   d=open('sam.txt')
   e=open('victory.txt')

sorry i know this is not correct code but i want to do something like this for my code to be. Can anyone please help me to get it right. THanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 43

Answers (4)

IoaTzimas
IoaTzimas

Reputation: 10624

Try the following (assuming that the scope of 'a' ends after each iteration, let me know otherwise):

for i in name:
    a = open(f'{i}.txt')

If you have a list of lists (as per your question in comments) you can do the following:

for i in name:
    for k in i:
        a = open(f'{k}.txt')

Upvotes: 1

user15801675
user15801675

Reputation: 

name = [tina, vans, john, sam, victory]

You can iterate over the list using for loop. Then, you can use f-strings to open the file.

for new in name:
    with open(f'{new}.txt','a') as file: 
        #some.code

Upvotes: 0

helios2_
helios2_

Reputation: 1

So, basically you need this array:

names = ['tina', 'vans', 'john', 'sam', 'victory']

Then you can loop

for name in names:
    with open('{name}.txt'.format(name=name), 'r') as file:
         # do something

Upvotes: 0

MyNameIsFu
MyNameIsFu

Reputation: 90

I'm not sure whether that's what you're trying to do, but here something to start with:

names = ['tina', 'vans', 'john', 'sam', 'victory']
opened_files = []
for next_name in names:
    opened_files.append(open(f'{next_name}.txt', 'r')) # 'r' in case you just want to read

Upvotes: 0

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