PYTHON

python convert file into list

# Saving the list
a = ["apple", "banana", 2, 3]
with open("test.txt", "w") as f:
    for item in a:
        f.write("%s
" % item)

with open("test.txt", "r") as f:
    print(f.read())

# Converting contents of file into new list
f = open("test.txt", "r")
listItems = f.read().splitlines()
print(listItems)

python file to list

import pandas as pd

def file_to_list(file):
    rtn: object = []
    file_object: object = open(file, "r")
    rtn: object = file_object.read().splitlines()
    file_object.close()
    return list(filter(None, pd.unique(rtn).tolist())) # Remove Empty/Duplicates Values
    pass

# Example #    
data_from_file: object = file_to_list('filename.txt')