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

There is also one fact that you have to consider. You should first check if your file is empty before adding anything to it. Because if your file is empty then I don't think you would like to add a blank new line in the beginning of the file. This code

1. first checks if the file is empty
2. If the file is empty then it will simply add your input text to the file else it will add a new line and then it will add your text to the file. You should use a try catch for os.path.getsize() to catch any exceptions.

Code:

import os

def storescores():
hs = open("hst.txt","a")
if(os.path.getsize("hst.txt") > 0):
   hs.write("\n"+name)
else:
   hs.write(name)

hs.close()