i want to save the responses i get from users through my code so how do i do that

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this is my code and i need a way to store the input i get from the 'a' variable

print("Hey Welcome To Mental health chatbot")
import time
time.sleep(1)
a = input("So how are you felling today ").strip().upper()
if (a == "NICE") or (a == "GOOD") or (a == "I am good"):
    print("That's nice to hear")
if (a == "BAD") or (a == "NOT NICE") or (a == "IT WAS A BAD DAY"):
    print("Oh")

What do you mean by "store"? You're already storing it in variable `a`. — not_speshal, Sep 09 '21 at 14:44
Store it where? You have it stored, in memory, as `a`. Where else do you want it? — gen_Eric, Sep 09 '21 at 14:44
Side notes: you spelled "feeling" wrong. Also, you convert to upper case but then compare to "I am good" which has lower case letters, — 001, Sep 09 '21 at 14:47
if i rerun the code then then the variable 'a' will get reset — aarush, Sep 09 '21 at 14:47
Have a look at [pickle](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html) to save to disk. Or just [`write`](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html) `a` to a file. — 001, Sep 09 '21 at 14:48
so by using prickle the input i get from the users will get saved even when i rerun it — aarush, Sep 09 '21 at 14:50
You need to store the info in some persistent manner. Writing to a file on disk is one way. — 001, Sep 09 '21 at 14:51
Is this the whole program, or is this inside a function inside a bigger program? — gen_Eric, Sep 09 '21 at 14:52
Duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6687660/keep-persistent-variables-in-memory-between-runs-of-python-script — tripleee, Sep 09 '21 at 15:06

lou habert · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-09T15:03:05.183

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The simplest way is to store the value in a file like that :

def storeVar(a) :
   f = open("filename.txt", "w+") # w+ allow to write and create the file if it doesnt exist
   f.write(a)
   f.close() #always close a file as soon as you stop using it

def readVar() :
   f = open("filename.txt", "r")
   a=f.read()
   f.close()
   return(a)

edited Sep 09 '21 at 15:03

answered Sep 09 '21 at 14:58

lou habert

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i want to save the responses i get from users through my code so how do i do that

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