cannot get exact the same string as reading a txt file in Python [duplicate]

Question

the format of my .txt file looks like this:

a
abc
apple
hello

I am using this code to read them as string:

with open("wordsEn.txt") as infile:
    for line in infile:
        print(i)

My output is something like this where there is an additional line after each string. What went wrong there? How can I remove them? also the length of every string is not right.. where the first string 'a' 's legth is 2

a

abc

apple

hello

It is the same, but line also contains the tailing new line '\n' character. By default print(..) adds an additional new line. You can use print(line,end='') to prevent that. — willeM_ Van Onsem
– willeM_ Van Onsem, Commented Sep 2, 2017 at 19:32

Danil Speransky · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-02 19:32:32Z

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print prints what you pass + \n. Lines have their own \n at the end. Use strip:

with open('wordsEn.txt') as file:
    for line in file:
        print(line.strip())

In Python 3 you can use end parameter for print function:

print(line, end='')

answered Sep 2, 2017 at 19:32

Danil Speransky

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