How to write to a file in Python – .txt files The simplest way to write to a file in Python is to create a new text file. This will allow you to store any string to retrieve later.

Interested in learning Python? Jack Wallen takes you through your first steps in building a simple application to take user input and write it to a file.

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.