Creating a list of strings when input is not separated python

Question

I have this name list that i got online,the list is 200 names long,here is a sample of it that i have saved in a text file.

John
Noah
William
James
Logan
Benjamin
...

I want them to be a list of strings i.e

x=['John','Noah','William',...]

I searched for questions similar but didn't find exactly what i need, any help is much appreciated.

what is the input ? one string ? – BENY Nov 20 '18 at 02:01 — BENY, Nov 20 '18 at 02:01
@W-B yes it a text of names,just as in the question – wishmaster Nov 20 '18 at 02:07 — wishmaster, Nov 20 '18 at 02:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '18 at 02:07

2

If the input is a file you can do...

x = []
with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
       x.append(line.strip())

answered Nov 20 '18 at 02:07

The Pineapple

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '18 at 02:34

1

Additionally to The Pineapple's answer, you can also do list comprehension:

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    x=[i.rstrip() for i in f]

Now:

print(x)

Is the 200 names in a list.

answered Nov 20 '18 at 02:34

U12-Forward

1

it is a text seperated by '\n' inside a notepad(each name is on a line) – wishmaster Nov 20 '18 at 03:06
This does not make sense. How can you iterate over `f` ? – mad_ Nov 20 '18 at 03:11
@mad_ Of course you can!, Demo of an answer of that: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3277503/how-to-read-a-file-line-by-line-into-a-list/48290921#48290921 – U12-Forward Nov 20 '18 at 23:08
@U9-Forward i wish i knew how to accept an answer,i am not seeing the button :) – wishmaster Nov 21 '18 at 11:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '18 at 03:06

0

If data is contained in a file

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    data=f.readlines() # this will be a list of names

OR

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
        data=f.read().splitlines() # to remove the trailing '\n'

answered Nov 20 '18 at 03:06

mad_

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