Creating a list of strings when input is not separated python

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I have this name list that i got online,the list is 200 names long,here is a sample of it that i have saved in a text file.

John
Noah
William
James
Logan
Benjamin
...

I want them to be a list of strings i.e

x=['John','Noah','William',...]

I searched for questions similar but didn't find exactly what i need, any help is much appreciated.

what is the input ? one string ?

BENY
– BENY

2018-11-20 02:01:56 +00:00
Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:01 — BENY
– BENY, Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:01
@W-B yes it a text of names,just as in the question

wishmaster
– wishmaster

2018-11-20 02:07:29 +00:00
Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:07 — wishmaster
– wishmaster, Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:07

The Pineapple · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-20 02:07:51Z

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If the input is a file you can do...

x = []
with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
       x.append(line.strip())

answered Nov 20, 2018 at 2:07

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U13-Forward · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-20 02:34:41Z

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Additionally to The Pineapple's answer, you can also do list comprehension:

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    x=[i.rstrip() for i in f]

Now:

print(x)

Is the 200 names in a list.

answered Nov 20, 2018 at 2:34

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wishmaster Over a year ago

it is a text seperated by '\n' inside a notepad(each name is on a line)

mad_ Over a year ago

This does not make sense. How can you iterate over f ?

U13-Forward Over a year ago

@mad_ Of course you can!, Demo of an answer of that: stackoverflow.com/questions/3277503/…

wishmaster Over a year ago

@U9-Forward i wish i knew how to accept an answer,i am not seeing the button :)

mad_ · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-20 03:06:02Z

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If data is contained in a file

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
    data=f.readlines() # this will be a list of names

OR

with open('file_name', 'r') as f:
        data=f.read().splitlines() # to remove the trailing '\n'

answered Nov 20, 2018 at 3:06

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