python write list to file

Question

Is this the cleanest way to write a list to a file, since writelines() doesn't insert newline characters? file.writelines(["%s\n" % item for item in list]) It seems like there would be a standard way. Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

For writing a list to a file with Python you can use a loop:- with open('your_file.txt', 'w') as f: for item in my_list: f.write("%s\n" % item) If you are using Python 2, you can also use the following piece of code:- with open('your_file.txt', 'w') as f: for item in my_list: print