How to convert data in txt form into a list in python-CodePudding

For example this is my data in txt file:

Chair
Table
Planks
Door

Each separated by a new line. So how do I convert it into a list so that it's output would be like this:

['Chair', 'Table', 'Planks', 'Door']

Every time I try to convert it into a list, it's new line character getting printed in the list as well.

CodePudding user response：

You need to open the file, then split it's contents:

with open('test.txt', 'r') as f:
    print(f.read().split())

['Chair', 'Table', 'Planks', 'Door']

CodePudding user response：

Try the python split method.

your_list.split("\n")

CodePudding user response：

a="""
Chair
Table
Planks
Door
"""

with newline character

print([i for i in a.split('\n')])
output - ['', 'Chair', 'Table', 'Planks', 'Door', '']

without newline character (avoid newline charecter)

print([i for i in a.split('\n') if i != ""])
output - ['Chair', 'Table', 'Planks', 'Door']

CodePudding user response：

opening the file in read mode

 my_file = open("file1.txt", "r")

reading the file

 data = my_file.read()

replacing end splitting the text when the newline ('\n') is seen.

data_into_list = data.split("\n")
print(data_into_list)
my_file.close()

output :

['Chair', 'Table', 'Planks', 'Door']