This is spitting out duplicate data to the output text file instead of just once

Question

This is spitting out duplicate data to the output text file instead of just once...the code above sends the data to an output text file and the code looks like

when it should look like this:

why is it duplicating so much?

payroll.txt file looks like this...

2 f open("C:\Users Desktop Wpayroll.txt "r") 3 outfile open 'C:WUsersWusertMVDesktopWoutput. txt w 4 output 6 or line in f.readlines. columns-line split() id columns [01 name-columns[1 columns[2] float columns [31) 10 Wage days-columns [A:] 11 12 totalhours 0 13 14 for hour in days total hours-total Ours float hour) 1h 15 average Hours totalhours/len (days) 16 17 totalPay totalhours wage 18 result-name. LD +id+' worked '+str(totalhours) hourly pay +str (wage)+' hours: str(averagellours) '/day Total Pay: str (totalpay) 19 20 print (result) 21 output, append(result ') 22 outfile ,write (output str 'Vn') 23 24 25 26 out file close() 27 28 29

Explanation / Answer

Line 23 i.e. outfile.write(output +' ') should be outside the for loop.
Right now line 23 is wrting the contents of variable output each time the loop is executing Whereas it should write only once.

So, Line 23 should be outside the for loop.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse T
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.