Using column value as output path location python

Is it possible if i have several columns to have my output go to. If I want to use column 3 as the storage location of my output files. main_folder below contains folder1,folder2, folder3

C:/Desktop/main_folder/
file.txt

Bob   November  folder_1
Jon   January   folder_3
Sam   December  folder_1
Jane  April     folder_2

path = /Desktop/main_folder/*
with open('file.txt', 'r') as input:
    for lines in input:
        line = line.strip()
        with open(output, 'w') as outfile:
            outfile.write(line, path)

Is it possible to select just column 3 and use that path as output?

>Solution :

Try this

with open('file.txt', 'r') as input:
    for line in input:
        columns = line.strip().split()  # split line into columns using spaces as delimiter
        path = os.path.join('/Desktop/main_folder', columns[2])  # path is built from main-folder and third column
        with open(path, 'w') as outfile:
            outfile.write(line)  # write the line to it's respective file path

Step by step explanation

1. This code reads each line of the input file
2. Then splits it into columns using the split() method.
3. It takes the third column (index 2) and combines it with the base path /Desktop/main_folder using os.path.join() to create the full output path.
4. Finally, it opens the output file at the specified path and writes the original line to it.

Note: this code assumes that the input file is in the format you provided, with the columns separated by spaces. If the columns are separated by a different character, you will need to use a different method to split the line into columns.

See also: python 3.x – Create new folder with pathlib and write files into it