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Writing a list to a file with Python, with newlines

Here is a code snippet that demonstrates how to write a list to a file with newlines in Python:

Here is a code snippet that demonstrates how to write a list to a file with newlines in Python:

Writing a list to a file with Python, with newlines

# Sample list
my_list = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]

# Open a file for writing
with open("myfile.txt", "w") as f:
    # Write each item in the list to the file, followed by a newline
    for item in my_list:
        f.write(item + "\n")

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This code will create a file called "myfile.txt" in the current directory, and write the contents of the list "my_list" to the file, with each item followed by a newline. If the file "myfile.txt" already exists, it will be overwritten. If you want to append the contents to the file, you could use "a" instead of "w" when opening the file.