take lines from a .txt file and copy to a word .doc

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I want to take lines of text from a .txt file and copy it to the bottom of an existing word doc. i have something that does this from one text file to another but the overall goal is to copy it to the bottom of a word document for a report.

I am using python 2.6 and currently have

with open('Error.txt', 'w') as f1:
    for line in open('2_axis_histogram.txt'):
        if line.startswith('Error'):
            f1.write(line)
        else:
            f1.write("No Error ")
    f1.close()

I have no idea about how i could then transfer this to word.

Also, when there is no error and the else condition is used, it prints out the "No Error" loads of times whereas i just need it to print that statement once.

Have you checked Google? Google lead me here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1035183/how-can-i-create-a-word-document-using-python which, while a slightly different question, it offers the answer to yours. — Pete, Jul 08 '13 at 13:27
'write' only happens once it prints it out multiple times because it's happening for each line. Also, you're closing your file mid-stream...and you don't need to close when you use 'with' — Chris Pfohl, Jul 08 '13 at 13:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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first question : use Google, or StackOverflow search : Reading/Writing MS Word files in Python

second question : get your ´No Error´ display out of the loop...

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:27

Laurent S.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:28

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You should look into https://github.com/mikemaccana/python-docx

This is a module that creates, reads and writes Microsoft Office Word 2007 docx files.

answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:28

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i have tried intsalling the module but no joy it says cant fine the docx module but i can see it any ideas> – manish449 Jul 08 '13 at 13:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:28

To get rid of the extraneous "No Error" messages, put the else statement into the for loop, not the if because the latter is checked on every line:

with open('Error.txt', 'w') as f1:
    for line in open('2_axis_histogram.txt'):
        if line.startswith('Error'):
            f1.write(line)
            break            # Exit the for loop, bypassing the else statement
    else:                    # Only executed if the for loop finishes
        f1.write("No Error ")

Also, no need to close f1 - the with statement already is taking care of that for you.

@martineau: There are already answers that handle the other part - I don't like redundancy much. Well, that's what I get for answering a double question :) — Tim Pietzcker, Jul 08 '13 at 13:37

take lines from a .txt file and copy to a word .doc

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