Read file into list and strip newlines

Question

I\'m having issues in reading a file into a list, When I do it only creates one item from the entire file rather than reading each element into its own field. I\'m using

Answer 1

file.read() reads entire file's contents, unless you specify max length. What you must be meaning is .readlines(). But you can go even more idiomatic with a list comprehension:

with open('drugs') as temp_file:
  drugs = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in temp_file]

The with statement will take care of closing the file.