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when i use the write mode:

d = open("test.txt","a")
d.write(letter)

it always appends the text at the end everytime i write someting into the file. My question is, how to write as new line like this:

a
b
c

Currently it writes:

abc

Using \n does not work unfortunally...

Thanks so much

ddd
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    What code do you have already that writes to the file object `d`? – Adam Jan 03 '19 at 22:44
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    `/n` is not `\n`. – user2357112 Jan 03 '19 at 22:45
  • i just edited the code – ddd Jan 03 '19 at 22:47
  • ...and how are you creating the variable `letter`? – Adam Jan 03 '19 at 22:48
  • So... are you using `\n` or `/n`? – Ender Look Jan 03 '19 at 22:50
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You can either add a newline character after the letter:

d.write(letter + '\n')

Or if you are using Python 3 or if you from __future__ import print_function in Python 2:

print(letter, file=d)
blhsing
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As mentioned here, you can do :

with open('test.txt', 'a') as d:

    d.write('YOURTEXT\n')
The white rabbit
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The new-line character "\n" works fine with "a" (append) option for writing files in python.

Example:

d = open(filepath, "a")
d.write("hello")
d.write("\n")
d.write("hello again")
d.close()

o/p:

hello
hello again

OR -> To append text from next line of the existing text of file.

d.write('\n')
d.write("hello" + '\n')
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