writing tab separated values into a file
python
Solution
You can use a parameter in the `with` statement representing the file you're writing to. From there, use `.write()`. This assumes that everything in `l` is a string, otherwise you'd have to wrap all of them with `str()`.
with open('output', 'w') as f:
f.write(l[1] + "\t" + l[2] + "\t" + l[3] + "\t" + l[4] + "\t" + l[5] + "\n")
Alternatively, and more efficiently, you can use `.join()`:
with open('output', 'w') as f:
f.write('\t'.join(l[1:]) + '\n')
Problem
From a file, i have taken a line, split the line into 5 columns using `split()`. But i have to write those columns as tab separated values in an output file. Lets say that i have `l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4], l[5]`...a total of 5 entries. How can i achieve this using python? And also, i am not able to write `l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4], l[5]` values to an output file. I tried both these codes, both not working(i am using python 2.6): code 1: ``` with open('output', 'w'): print l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4], l[5] > output ``` code 2: ``` with open('output', 'w') as outf: outf.write(l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4], l[5]) ```