Python-based File Write Operation

A Python-based File Write Operation is a file write operation that is a Python file operation.

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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Scala File Write Operation, R File Write Operation, Perl File Write Operation, ...
  • a Python Data Management Operation (e.g. sampling), ...
  • a Python Data Conversion Operation.
• See: Python Coding Example.

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References

• https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html

2018

• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Files

outputFileText = "Here's some text to save in a file"
open("testit.txt", "w").write(outputFileText)

Append to a file requires the second parameter of open() to be "a" (from append):

outputFileText = "Here's some text to add to the existing file."
open("testit.txt", "a").write(outputFileText)

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