How can I get my input into a text file in python?

Question

I am trying to create a program that saves input to a new file if it isn't there yet and it must always be on a new line. If the input is a whitespace it has to ignore it. Yet I cannot figure it out.

def saving(textr):
    with open("abc.txt", "a+") as file_object:
        file_object.seek(0)
        data = file_object.read(100)
        if textr == "" or textr.isspace():
            return textr
        else:
            for line in file_object:
                if textr in line:
                    break
                elif len(data) > 0:
                    file_object.write("\n")
                file_object.write(textr)


textr = input("Enter your text: ")
saving(textr)

and another way I have tried it:

textr = ""
def saving(textr):
    textr = input("Enter your text: ")
    with open("abc.txt", "a+") as file_object:
        file_object.seek(0)
        data = file_object.read(100)
        if textr == "" or textr.isspace():
            return textr
        else:
            for line in file_object:
                if textr in line:
                    break
                else:
                    if len(data) > 0:
                        file_object.write("\n")
                    file_object.write(textr)
                    print ("done")


saving(textr)

What's your Error message? – Majid Hajibaba Apr 28 '21 at 08:05 — Majid Hajibaba, Apr 28 '21 at 08:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '21 at 08:18

Try this code, I wrote some comments in order to make it self-explanatory:

def update_file(text):
    # If the text is empty or only contains whitespaces,
    # we exit the function
    if not text.strip():
        return

    with open("abc.txt", "a+") as file_object:
        # We put the cursor at the beggining of the
        # file
        file_object.seek(0)

        # We get all the lines from the file. As every
        # line ends with a "\n" character, we remove
        # it from all lines
        lines = [line.strip() for line in file_object.readlines()]

        # As we read all the lines, the cursor is now
        # at the end and we can append content, so:

        # We first check if the entered text is contained
        # in the file, and if so we exit the function
        if text in lines:
            return

        # We write the text in the file
        file_object.write('{}\n'.format(text))

text = input("Enter your text: ")
update_file(text)

How can I get my input into a text file in python?

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