python write list to file

Question

Is this the cleanest way to write a list to a file, since writelines() doesn't insert newline characters?

file.writelines(["%s\n" % item for item in list])

It seems like there would be a standard way.

Answer 1

For writing a list to a file with Python you can use a loop:-

with open('your_file.txt', 'w') as f:

          for item in my_list:

               f.write("%s\n" % item)

If you are using Python 2, you can also use the following piece of code:-

with open('your_file.txt', 'w') as f:

          for item in my_list:

                 print