convert a txt file into a list in python code example

Example 1: how to put a text file into a list python

# name.txt
david
mary
john


with open('names.txt', 'r') as f:
    myNames = [line.strip() for line in f]
    
# Result

['david','mary','john']

Example 2: python read text file to list

with open(filename) as f:
    content = f.readlines()
# you may also want to remove whitespace characters like `\n` at the end of each line
content = [x.strip() for x in content]