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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:46:20 -0500
Subject: Re: Any idea how i can format my output file with ********************Start file*********************** usinf Python 2.7
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Here is the full function with an instance using the function:

def text_wrapper(file_name = None, pre_text = None, text = None,
post_text = None):
	f = open(file_name, 'a')
	f.write("%s\n%s\n%s\n" % (pre_text, text, post_text))
	f.close()


text_wrapper(file_name = r"/home/david/file_doc.doc", pre_text =
"***Start File***", text = "Some data here.", post_text = "***End
File***")