text file to list 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 into a list

text_file = open("filename.dat", "r")
lines = text_file.readlines()
print lines
print len(lines)
text_file.close()

Example 3: how to read from a file into a list in python

f = open(filename, "r")
   listItems = f.read().splitlines()

Example 4: 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]

Example 5: how to make python turn a list into a text file grapper

crimefile = open(fileName, 'r')
yourResult = [line.split(',') for line in crimefile.readlines()]