How do i get elements from a file and read them to a list in python

Question

What i am trying to do is read from a file, and insert the content from a file into a list in python 3. the file should look like this:

♥A
♣A
♥Q
♠Q

and the result i am expecting when i read from the file is that when i print the specific list is that it shows up like this

['♥A', '♣A', '♥Q', '♠Q']

How would i go about solving this?

And i have tried multiple solutions for this, like using for loops, but i dont understand how to do this

I think this one is separate because of the special characters, but the title is misleading. — Corsaka, Nov 11 '19 at 13:04

Francois · Answer 1 · 2019-11-11T13:04:50.370

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You can use the open function.

f = open("file.txt", "r")

l = list()

for line in f:
    l.append(line)

f.close()

print(l)

edited Nov 11 '19 at 13:04

answered Nov 11 '19 at 12:59

Francois

[Why not w3schools.com?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/280478/why-not-w3schools-com) – Sayse Nov 11 '19 at 13:00
when i do this, it shows up like this ``` [b'\xe2\x99\xa3Q\n', b'\xe2\x99\xa6J\n', b'\xe2\x99\xa310\n', b'\xe2\x99\xa67\n'] ``` – Roald Andre Kvarv Nov 11 '19 at 13:02
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@Sayse : they do not include close() to close the file after openning it :D – LinPy Nov 11 '19 at 13:02
@RoaldAndreKvarv likely because they're special characters that aren't naturally supported by Python. – Corsaka Nov 11 '19 at 13:03
@Corsaka how would i go about making them valid tho? like the unicode symbols – Roald Andre Kvarv Nov 11 '19 at 13:04
@RoaldAndreKvarv Append `.decode('utf8')` to `open()`. – Corsaka Nov 11 '19 at 13:05
Don't print the list representation but print the single items. – Matthias Nov 11 '19 at 13:06
@Sayse Indeed, w3schools isn't the best tutorial website, yet one of the most accessible for beginners. – Francois Nov 11 '19 at 13:07
@Donshel - I was just making you aware of why generally they're never used as a reference on [so]. – Sayse Nov 11 '19 at 13:08

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