Michael Torrie writes: > On 04/03/2017 11:31 PM, dieter wrote: >> Dave <dbola...@fastmail.fm> writes: >> >>> I created a python program that gets data from a user, stores the data >>> as a dictionary in a list of dictionaries. When the program quits, it >>> saves the data file. My desire is to append the new data to the >>> existing data file as is done with purely text files. >> >> Usually, you cannot do that: >> "JSON" stands for "JavaScript Object Notation": > > That's assuming he's using JSON; he never specified what he's using to > represent data as plain text. Though I suspect you're correct, for all > we know he could just be writing data using his own text representation > or writing to an ini file. And in his case it sounds like JSON is not > an ideal method for saving his data since he's wanting to only append > data, not read it in his program. > > In the future, Dave, please provide all the information pertaining to > the problem so we can give accurate advice. Don't make us guess or > assume we can all infer this information.
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