Python, writing an integer to a '.txt' file

Question

Would using the pickle function be the fastest and most robust way to write an integer to a text file?

Here is the syntax I have so far:

import pickle

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Answer 1

I just encountered a similar problem. I used a simple approach, saving the integer in a variable, and writing the variable to the file as a string. If you need to add more variables you can always use "a+" instead of "w" to append instead of write.

f = open("sample.txt", "w")
integer = 10
f.write(str(integer))
f.close()

Later you can use float to read the file and you wont throw and error.