Passing todo list into file to store/reload

main.py

@@ -13,39 +13,65 @@
 # See PyCharm help at https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-todos = []
+# todos = []
+#todo_length = len(todos)
 command_prompt = "Type add, show, edit, complete, or exit: "
 todo_prompt = "Enter a todo: "
 edit_prompt = "Number of todo to edit: "
 complete_prompt = "Which todo to mark complete: "
 edit_todo = "Enter new todo: "
-todo_length = len(todos)
 
 while True:
     user_action = input(command_prompt)
     user_action = user_action.strip()
     match user_action:
         case 'add':
-            todo = input(todo_prompt)
+            todo = input(todo_prompt) + "\n"
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'r')
+            todos = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
+
             todo = todo.capitalize()
             todos.append(todo)
+
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'w')
+            file.writelines(todos)
+            file.close()
         case 'show' | 'display':
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'r')
+            todos = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
             for i, todo in enumerate(todos):
-                text = f"{i}: {todo}"
+                t = todo.replace("\n","")
+                text = f"{i+1}: {t}"
                 print(text)
         case 'edit':
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'r')
+            todos = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
             which_todo = int(input(edit_prompt)) - 1
             new_todo = input(edit_todo)
             todos[which_todo] = new_todo
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'w')
+            file.writelines(todos)
+            file.close()
         case 'complete':
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'r')
+            todos = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
+
             completed = int(input(complete_prompt)) - 1
             completed_message = f"'{todos[completed]}' has been completed!"
             print(completed_message)
             todos.pop(completed)
             print("Remaining todos: ")
             for i, todo in enumerate(todos):
-                text = f"{i}: {todo}"
+                t = todo.replace("\n","")
+                text = f"{i+1}: {t}"
                 print(text)
+            file = open('todos.txt', 'w')
+            file.writelines(todos)
+            file.close()
         case 'exit':
             break
         case _:

todos.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Show
+Read
+Not this
+Or this