Creating text files using python

Question

I have a list in the format:

a=["C/C++","Java","Python"]

I am trying to create a text file for each element in the list using python as follows:

for i in a:
    temp=i+".txt"
    with open(temp,"w") as outfile:
          outfile.write("some value")

However am running into issues for the elements off the form "C/C++" as it is trying to interpret that as a dir.

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
 IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C/C++.txt'

How do I overcome this??

Note-if the list element does not contain "/" in it, then the code created files for such elements.

pradyunsg · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-17 14:53:02Z

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Well the problem is fairly simple.
A file name can't contain any of the following characters: /:*?<>|

So, just change the name to a valid one like C-C++

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 14:53

pradyunsg

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Besides that, there are many other reserved names (under Windows) like CON or COM2 etc. that are illegal as filenames.

"facepalm"!! yeah i know about con etc, but since i am working in ubuntu assumed it did not apply to linux distros! my bad!

@Moontails Check this out :)