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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? |
| Date | 2015-11-19 03:57 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.418.1447865881.16136.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
| References | <9365cf2f-e9c7-4338-83b4-ce3d1d7ce1d6@googlegroups.com> |
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 3:37 AM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:
> text_file = open("C:/Users/rshuell001/Desktop/excel/Text1.txt", "wb")
> z = str(link)
> text_file.write(z + "\n")
> text_file.write("\n")
> text_file.close()
You're opening the file every time you go through the loop,
overwriting each time. Instead, open the file once, then start the
loop, and then close it at the end. You can use a 'with' statement to
do the closing for you, or you can do it the way you are here.
ChrisA
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How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 08:37 -0800
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 03:57 +1100
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 09:03 -0800
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 09:15 -0800
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 17:19 +0000
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 09:40 -0800
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 09:43 -0800
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> - 2015-11-19 20:17 +0100
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-11-20 10:44 -0700
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2015-11-18 18:05 +0000
Re: How can I export data from a website and write the contents to a text file? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:38 -0500
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