Join multiple files with python

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Is there a better way to join files?

I have two files that I want to merge:

File 1: AccountNo, firstName, lastName 12, Peter, Smith 14, Mary, Smith

File 2: AccountNo, Payment, Invoice 12, 15.00, 1000 14, 15.10, 1001

I would like to join the files into one: AccountNo, firstName, lastName, Payment, Invoice 12, Peter, Smith, 15.00, 1000 14, Mary, Smith, 15.10, 1001

I'm using Python 3.3

with open('names.txt', 'r') as names:
    with open('accounts.txt', 'r') as accts:
        with open('combined.txt', 'w') as outfile:
            n = n.readline()
            a = a.readline()
            outFile.write(n.replace('\n', '\t') + a)

Not sure this is the best way to do this, or if there is a better way to go about it.

Thanks!

it is definitely not the best way as it would not even run, are your files multiple lines in exactly the same format as in your example? — Padraic Cunningham, Jul 23 '14 at 20:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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I would check this question out, which may answer your question. Most answers give a similar response to your code, using with.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jul 24 '14 at 13:23

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