'\n' is getting added at the end of each line in a dictionary

Question

I have a text file sample.txt containing data as:

Name of Person: John
Age: 24 years
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 64 kg

My code is:

list_for_dictionary = []
filename='sample.txt'
f = open(filename)

for line_number, line in enumerate(f, 1):
    key="data_values"
    dictionary = {key: {"fileLine": line, "lineNumber": int(line_number), "fileName": filename}}
    list_for_dictionary.append(dictionary)
print(list_for_dictionary)

The output which I am getting is :

[{'data_values': {'fileLine': 'Name of Person: John\n', 'lineNumber': 1, 'fileName': 'sample.txt'}}, {'data_values': {'fileLine': 'Age: 24 years\n', 'lineNumber': 2, 'fileName': 'sample.txt'}}, {'data_values': {'fileLine': 'Height: 170 cm\n', 'lineNumber': 3, 'fileName': 'sample.txt'}}, {'data_values': {'fileLine': 'Weight: 24kgs', 'lineNumber': 4, 'fileName': 'sample.txt'}}]

My question is why '\n' is getting added at the end of each line in fileLine and how can I get rid of it?'

Answer 1

Use line.strip() for your {'fileLine': line.strip()}