1#first arg is the name of the file
2#second arg notes that the file is open to write to it
3outputFile = open("fileName", "w")
4#next line writes to the file
5outputFile.write(str)
6#remember to close opened files
7outputFile.close()
1with open("output.txt", "a") as f:
2 print("Hello StackOverflow!", file=f)
3 print("I have a question.", file=f)
4
1>>> with open('workfile') as f:
2... read_data = f.read()
3
4>>> # We can check that the file has been automatically closed.
5>>> f.closed
6True
7