#How to create and write to a file

#Makes use of "write"  i.e.  it will overwrite the file if
#the file exists

def main():

    carval = input('Name a car:')
    carlist = []

    #just ask for a list of cars from the user
    while carval != "done":
        carlist.append(carval)
        carval = input('Name a car (or type done to end):  ')

    #this is what we normally do and spit stuff out to the console
    for c in carlist:
        print(c)

    #let's save to a file
    with open('/home/isqsdac/Desktop/workspace/l3_1/carlist.txt', 'w') as f:
        for c in carlist:
            f.write(c)
            f.write('\n')

main()