pythonlistfile

Python code to create list from a file

I have a dictionary file.txt, with 3 - 5 words in each line.

Like: 

apple ball back hall
hello bike like

I need a python code to put all these words into a list before any other coding occurs.

My idea is to read the file line-by-line, and use split(), and list.append() functions, but I don't seem to sort it out. Can anyone help?

Edited: Said it the wrong way, sorry!

Solution

  • You can do something like:

    file_list = []
with open('file.txt', 'r') as file:
    for line in file.readlines().rstrip('\n'):
        for word in line.split(' '):
            file_list.append(word)

    If file.txt has the following contents:

    apple ball back hall
hello bike like

    The output would be:

    >>> file_list
['apple', 'ball', 'back', 'hall', 'hello', 'bike', 'like']