How to append to a txt file

Question

Hello so I have this text filed named students.txt with names inside.

Buddy Mike Freshman 3.00
Allen Hood Sophmore 3.45
Dave Beck Freshman 3.00
Jose Sanford Sophmore 3.45
Juan Castro Freshman 3.00

I want to add the information the user entered to the existing file students and have it print out with the new contents.

def add_Student():
    myNames = []
    Name = input("Enter First and Last Name of Sudent: ")
    Status = input("Enter Status of Stdent: ")
    GPA = input("Enter Students GPA: ")
    newStudent = Student.Student(Name, Status, GPA )

    print("Student' Name: ",newStudent.getName())
    print("Student' Status: ",newStudent.getStatus())
    print("Student' GPA: ",newStudent.getGPA())

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4706499/how-do-you-append-to-a-file-in-python — Iluvatar, Dec 08 '16 at 20:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 20:26

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To append data to a file you open it with the option "a":

with open("students.txt","a") as textfile:
    print(Name,Status,GPA,file=textfile)

answered Dec 08 '16 at 20:26

Marvo

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oh thanks. What about adding spaces? – Supreme Dec 08 '16 at 20:49
the result I get in the new one is ***Loki BlackFreshman3.00*** – Supreme Dec 08 '16 at 20:50
`print('{} {} {}'.format(Name, Status, GPA), file=textfile)` – rob Dec 08 '16 at 22:05
Better than spaces, which lead to ambiguities, were tabs: `print(Name,Status,GPA,file=textfile,sep="\t")` – Marvo Dec 08 '16 at 22:08

How to append to a txt file

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