Aaron Misquith wrote:
> I have 2 different text files.
>
> File1.txt contains:
>
> file
> RAMPython
> parser
>
> File2.txt contains:
>
> file1234
> program
>
> I want to perform an union of these both files such that i get an output
> file3.txt which contains:
>
> file
> RAMPython
> parser1234
> program
>
>
>
> The program that i'm working on just combines two files. Any help on
> performing an union such that a keyword would not be repeated would be
> appreciated.
Have a look at the set class and its update() method.
> Code:
> with open("C:\\File1.txt") as fin1: lines = fin1.readlines()
> with open("C:\\File2.txt") as fin2: lines.extend(fin2.readlines())
> with open("D:\\file3.txt", "r+") as fout: fout.write('\n'.join(lines))
fout.write("\n".join(lines))
will add extra newlines to the already existing ones.
Use
fout.writelines(lines)
instead.
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