How should I 'save all console outputs throughout my Game.py and write them to a new text file'?

Question

I want to write all the Game.py console outputs to a new file every time its ran.

In my Game.py I run all the methods of my game through this

Game.py file:

class Game():
    def play():
        print("Some Text")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    game = Game()
    game.play()

Just for clarity what I want is for the printed text to be saved to a .txt file.

game1.txt would have this inside Some Text

I looked at some code before but I can't get my head around it, how would I do this with stdout?

if you want to write to a csv check out this answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3345336/save-results-to-csv-file-with-python. Otherwise you should clarify to which format your output should be saved — pythonic833, Aug 16 '19 at 01:14
Then just check out the link I posted. That should be the answer to your question. csv and txt can be handled in the same way — pythonic833, Aug 16 '19 at 01:18
I'm not trying to parse in a particular line of text I think what I want is stdout to txt file so I don't think that'll work — Tech_Noob, Aug 16 '19 at 01:26
@Carcigenicate Haven't used a helper before but what would message be. How would it be equal to prints output in the console and where do I define this method outside of my class or inside? — Tech_Noob, Aug 16 '19 at 01:30

new Q Open Wid · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-16T12:44:46.687

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Got it.

class Game():
    def play():
        f = open("myfile.txt","w+")
        f.write("Some Text")
        # if you still want to print it
        print("Some Text")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    game = Game()
    game.play()

Try to do that. If this works, then this is the answer. If this does not work, tell me.

I am writing myfile.txt with open() and a w+ to write. Then I write in that what you want to write using f.write() and also a extra print() if you need it.

EDIT: Actually, if you have prints in multiple classes, try to open myfile.txt first and remember for the Game class to be the main class otherwise it will fail.

edited Aug 16 '19 at 12:44

answered Aug 16 '19 at 02:24

new Q Open Wid

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Not "it" to be exact. So when ran in console this will print Some Text and also create a file with only some text, now lets say I have many prints throughout my whole programme it wouldn't be very efficient to have to do this every time unless it does ofc... so I need something to intercept each print and then write it to file. – Tech_Noob Aug 16 '19 at 02:45
Well, if that's the case, I don't know, what about combining the prints to 1 single line? – new Q Open Wid Aug 16 '19 at 02:47
Wouldn't work if I have prints in other classes I don't think, still not a bad answer if I were to be printing one or a couple lines but not all throughout my programme. This is something Like Logging I guess but logging prints and anything else to a file exactly as it appears when ran in console. – Tech_Noob Aug 16 '19 at 02:49

How should I 'save all console outputs throughout my Game.py and write them to a new text file'?

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