How to append new data onto a new line

Question

My code looks like this:

def storescores():

   hs = open(\"hst.txt\",\"a\")
   hs.write(name)
   hs.close() 

so if I run it and enter \"Ry

Answer 1

The answer is not to add a newline after writing your string. That may solve a different problem. What you are asking is how to add a newline before you start appending your string. If you want to add a newline, but only if one does not already exist, you need to find out first, by reading the file.

For example,

with open('hst.txt') as fobj:
    text = fobj.read()

name = 'Bob'

with open('hst.txt', 'a') as fobj:
    if not text.endswith('\n'):
        fobj.write('\n')
    fobj.write(name)

You might want to add the newline after name, or you may not, but in any case, it isn't the answer to your question.