editing specific line in text file in python
# with is like your try .. finally block in this case
with open('stats.txt', 'r') as file:
# read a list of lines into data
data = file.readlines()
print data
print "Your name: " + data[0]
# now change the 2nd line, note that you have to add a newline
data[1] = 'Magen'
# and write everything back
with open('stats.txt', 'w') as file:
file.writelines( data )