Am Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:14:30 -0800 schrieb snoylr: > For example if the variable is 105Markum > > What statement do I need to create a file name 105Markum.txt? filename_base = '105Markum' filename = '%s.txt' % filename_base f = open(filename, 'w') f.write(<whatever you wanna write) f.close Should do it for you Matthias