16 — Name list: read lines from a file

A file can be a list. When each name sits on its own line, one Python method, splitlines(), turns the whole file into a list of names.

#Steps

1. Create names.txt with one name per line, next to your program:

   Mina
   Sana
   준호
   Yuna
   

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2. Read the whole file and split it into lines:

   use file latest
   names = file_read("names.txt").splitlines()
   show names
   

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   Run nme r names. The console shows ['Mina', 'Sana', '준호', 'Yuna']. file_read returns the text and .splitlines() cuts it at every line break. This line is ordinary Python, so it stays exactly as written.

3. Loop over the list with a for block. Sentence NME works inside it:

   use file latest
   names = file_read("names.txt").splitlines()
   for name in names:
       show Hello name
   

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   This prints one Hello per name.

4. Pick a random name with random_pick. use random latest loads the picker; 3 times: repeats the pick:

   use file latest
   use random latest
   names = file_read("names.txt").splitlines()
   3 times:
       show random_pick(names)
   

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5. Korean reads with 파일읽기(...).splitlines() and picks with 랜덤선택:

   파일 사용 최신
   랜덤 사용 최신
   이름들 = 파일읽기("names.txt").splitlines()
   3번:
       이름 = 랜덤선택(이름들)
       안녕하세요 이름! 말해줘
   

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#Try it yourself

Add two names to names.txt, rerun, and watch the list and picks grow.

#What you learned

• file_read(path).splitlines() / 파일읽기(경로).splitlines() reads every line of a file into a list.
• A for name in names: block visits each entry; sentence NME works inside it.
• random_pick(names) / 랜덤선택(이름들) chooses one entry at random.
• 3 times: / 3번: repeats the pick so a game can ask again.