Export quiz result to a text file in Python

Question

Is it possible to have questions and answers exported to a text file such as result.txt?

I answer all the questions and at the end - all the information is saved in a txt file as a list, that can be viewed later.

Example: Question 1 Answer 1 Question 2 Answer 2 ...

I was wondering about file=open, but would that be right? And how do I export input questions with file open?

I hope you can help.

from datetime import date

today = date.today()

date = today.strftime("%d.may, %Y.year\n")
print("Today is:", date)


print("Greeting text 1")
print("Greeting text 2\n")

def Vide():
    
    while True:
        name = input("Let's see!\nWhat is your name? ")
        description = input("Enter a description of the environmental pollution: ")
        city = input("In which city is environmental pollution observed? ")
        address = input("Enter your residential address: ")

        try:
            
            question = int(input("Do you have any additional complaints?\nAnswer with: 1 = Yes, 2 = No\n" ))
          
        except ValueError:
            print("Answer with numbers - 1 or 2!")
            continue

       
        if question == 1:
            print("\nJYou noted that there are additional complaints, fill in the questions again!\n")
            continue
        
        elif question == 2:
            print("Thank you for your complaint, it will be resolved! 💜")
            break
        else:
            print("Only numbers 1 and 2 are allowed!")
          
Vide()

Answer 1

As you wanted the file content as a key-value pair, initialize a dictionary and add the corresponding values, instead of using separate variables for names, descriptions, etc. use them as dictionary keys.

First, initialize a global dictionary

global mydict

Initialize it in Vide() function. (use of global keyword because mydict is being modified in a function)

global mydict
mydict = {}

Store question and answer as a key-value pair

mydict["name"] = input("Let's see!\nWhat is your name? ")
mydict["description"] = input("Enter a description of the environmental pollution: ")
mydict["city"] = input("In which city is environmental pollution observed? ")
mydict["address"] = input("Enter your residential address: ")

In try block:

mydict["question"] = int(input("Do you have any additional complaints?\nAnswer with: 1 = Yes, 2 = No\n"))

Now the if-else statements:

if mydict["question"] == 1:
    print("\nJYou noted that there are additional complaints, fill in the questions again!\n")
    continue

elif mydict["question"] == 2:
    print("Thank you for your complaint, it will be resolved! ?")
    break
else:
    print("Only numbers 1 and 2 are allowed!")

After calling the function Vide(), write your dictionary to a file

with open("qna.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write(str(mydict))

f.close()

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Whole code

global mydict

print("Greeting text 1")
print("Greeting text 2\n")


def Vide():
    global mydict
    mydict = {}

    while True:
        mydict["name"] = input("Let's see!\nWhat is your name? ")
        mydict["description"] = input("Enter a description of the environmental pollution: ")
        mydict["city"] = input("In which city is environmental pollution observed? ")
        mydict["address"] = input("Enter your residential address: ")

        try:
            mydict["question"] = int(input("Do you have any additional complaints?\nAnswer with: 1 = Yes, 2 = No\n"))

        except ValueError:
            print("Answer with numbers - 1 or 2!")
            continue

        if mydict["question"] == 1:
            print("\nJYou noted that there are additional complaints, fill in the questions again!\n")
            continue

        elif mydict["question"] == 2:
            print("Thank you for your complaint, it will be resolved! ?")
            break
        else:
            print("Only numbers 1 and 2 are allowed!")


Vide()
with open("qna.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write(str(mydict))

f.close()

Answer 2

This can be done by writing or appending to a text file. You are correct, we can use the file = open structure to achieve this. I suggest writing something like the following:

file = open('results.txt', 'w')

Then use the following to write to the file once it has been opened.

file.write("Use your variables and questions from before to print user entered data")

Don't forget to close the file once you're done!

file.close()