Output not being printed in a different line in the stored file in Python.
What am I doing wrong and why is the output all in the same line? I know I have to use "\n" somewhere but not sure where exactly.
while True:
# Get user input and remove leading/trailing spaces
user_action = input("Type add, show, edit, complete, or exit: ")
user_action = user_action.strip()
if 'add' in user_action:
# Extract the todo item from user's input
todo = user_action[4:] + '\n'
# Read the existing todos from the file
with open('todos.txt', 'r') as file:
todos = file.readlines()
# Append the new todo item to the list
todos.append(todo)
# Write the updated todos list back to the file
with open('todos.txt', 'w') as file:
file.writelines(todos)
elif 'show' in user_action:
# Read the todos from the file
with open('todos.txt', 'r') as file:
todos = file.readlines()
# Display the todos with their corresponding index numbers
for index, item in enumerate(todos):
# Remove the newline character from each item
item = item.strip("\n")
# Format the todo item with its index number
num = f"{index + 1}-{item}\n"
# Print the formatted todo item
print(num)
Being an absolute beginner I'm not able to formulate where I am supposed to use "\n" so that the output is written in the next line.