CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python convert file into list

# Saving the list
a = ["apple", "banana", 2, 3]
with open("test.txt", "w") as f:
    for item in a:
        f.write("%s
" % item)

with open("test.txt", "r") as f:
    print(f.read())

# Converting contents of file into new list
f = open("test.txt", "r")
listItems = f.read().splitlines()
print(listItems)