make a list from text file 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: convert python list to text file

# define list of places
places = ['Berlin', 'Cape Town', 'Sydney', 'Moscow']

with open('listfile.txt', 'w') as filehandle:
    for listitem in places:
        filehandle.write('%s\n' % listitem)