[Tutor] Create text file

[Lloyd Kvam]

Simply use the Python file object with a t appended to the mode:
	textfile = file('new_file.txt','wt')

This is a link to the tutorial.  Note that open also returns file
objects.  file is a recent addition to the language.

http://python.org/doc/2.3.4/tut/node9.html#l2h-30



On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 09:17, Bernard Lebel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I searched througout the Python docs but can't find anything about that.
> 
> Is there a way to create a text file in Python?
> So far I'm using a FileSystemObject (wich is an ActiveX object, running
> inside the Win32 module), in the form of
> 
> fso.createtextfile( )
> 
> But I'd like to stay away from active objects to maximize Windows-Linux
> compatibility.
> 
> Any advince would be very welcomed.
> 
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