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I want to store the inputs in my text file every time I run it. But when I run the script the old inputs gets deleted! how can I fix this?

sample code:

name = input('Enter name: ')

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

f.write(name)

f.close()

Tasdeek Chowdhury
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You should open the file in append mode:

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

Notice the at, meaning append text. You have w mode, meaning write text (text is default), which first truncates the file. This is why your old inputs got deleted.

Alexandru Dinu
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With the 'w' in the open() you create a new empty file everytime. use open('test.txt', 'a+')

Also I would suggest you use the with statement:

name = input('Enter name: ')

with open('test.txt', 'a+') as file:
    file.write(name)
CogNitive
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write the additional text in append mode

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

'w' is write mode and so deletes any other data before rewriting any new data