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nonstandard output

Why not modify print lol()?

Recall your print_lol() function from Chapter 2, which takes any list (or
list of lists) and displays it on screen, one line at a time. And nested lists can
be indented, if necessary.
This functionality sounds perfect! Here’s your code from the nester.py
module (last seen at the end of Chapter 2):

This code currently displays your
data on the screen.

Amending this code to print to a disk file instead of the screen (known as
standard output) should be relatively straightforward. You can then save your
data in a more usable format.

Standard Output The default place where your code writes its
data when the “print()” BIF is used. This is typically the screen.

In Python, standard output is referred to as “sys.stdout” and
is importable from the Standard Library’s “sys” module.

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