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delete line from a text file - thesisonews - Mar-20-2018
i been trying for hours, no luck
the function ask the user what name he want to delete from the text file
def Delete_con():
with open('phonebook1.txt', 'r+') as f:
t = f.read()
to_delete = input('What should we delete? : ').strip()
f.seek(0)
for line in t.split('\n'):
if line != to_delete:
f.write(line)
f.truncate()
return Menu()
RE: delete line from a text file - Gribouillis - Mar-20-2018
Perhaps replace line 8 with
print(line, file=f)
RE: delete line from a text file - nilamo - Mar-20-2018
What errors do you get?