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Re: Writing different sections into a file

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Palpandi wrote:

> I need to write different sections into a file.
> At any point of time, content can be added to any section.
> 
> I don't want keep each section into a temporary file.
> What is the better way to store the contents of each section and write
> them into a file at the end? What is the better datatype to achieve this?

If the data easily fits into memory just keep it in one list per section

header = [...]
body = [...]
footer = [...]

...
body.append("something more\n")
footer[:] = ["new footer\n"]
...

with open(filename, "w") as f:
    for section in (header, body, footer):
        f.writelines(section)


If the sections are not known in advance put them into a dictionary or a 
list.

If you are free to choose the file format you may use
https://docs.python.org/dev/library/configparser.html

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Writing different sections into a file Palpandi <palpandi111@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 00:30 -0700
  Re: Writing different sections into a file Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-04-25 10:48 +0200
  Re: Writing different sections into a file harirammanohar@gmail.com - 2016-04-25 02:50 -0700
  Re: Writing different sections into a file Karim <kliateni@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 12:04 +0200
  Re: Writing different sections into a file Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 14:44 +0000
  Re: Writing different sections into a file justin walters <walters.justin01@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 08:00 -0700
  Re: Writing different sections into a file Karim <kliateni@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 17:12 +0200

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