How to avoid overwriting a text file?

Question

I use a click program the help of PyGame in Python. I want to use the program multiple times by opening up the program, and shutting it down and reopening it again.

So basically I open the program, click something, and it writes the click time into a .txt file. My problem is, when I shut down the program and run it again, it overwrites the .txt file. So my question is, how to avoid this?

#Pygame program....
f = open("test.txt","w") 
f.write("write something")

Use the file mode `'a'` (append) instead of `'w'`. – Klaus D. Jan 03 '19 at 21:08 — Klaus D., Jan 03 '19 at 21:08
chang `f = open("test.txt", "a")` which means append mode – d_kennetz Jan 03 '19 at 21:08 — d_kennetz, Jan 03 '19 at 21:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '19 at 21:07

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Open the file in append mode

f = open('test.txt', 'a')

answered Jan 03 '19 at 21:07

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ohhhh, that easy? what does "a" mean? – ddd Jan 03 '19 at 21:08
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it means append – d_kennetz Jan 03 '19 at 21:09

How to avoid overwriting a text file?

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