Telling Python to save a .txt file to a certain directory on Windows and Mac

Question

How do you tell Python where to save a text file?

For example, my computer is running the Python file off my desktop. I want it to save all the text file in my docum

Answer 1

Using an absolute or relative string as the filename.

name_of_file = input("What is the name of the file: ")
completeName = '/home/user/Documents'+ name_of_file + ".txt"
file1 = open(completeName , "w")
toFile = input("Write what you want into the field")
file1.write(toFile)
file1.close()