How do I add filenames to a list?

Question

I created a series of *.txt file using the for loop. But now I want to write the file names in a list. But only the last file name is getting printed in the list and the before ones gets deleted.

for i in range(3):
    i += 0
    new_file = str(i) + ".txt"
    file_list = []        
    file_list.append(new_file)

    with open(new_file, "w") as outfile:
        print("File created...")
print(file_list)

The output I am getting is
I need the output to be

Answer 1

You are re-initializing the file_list in each iteration of the loop. Move that part outside like so:

file_list = []        
for i in range(3):
    i += 0
    new_file = str(i) + ".txt"
    file_list.append(new_file)

    with open(new_file, "w") as outfile:
        print("File created...")
print(file_list)

Answer 2

You are recreating your list at each iteration. You should define your list before the loop:

file_list = []  
for i in range(3):
    i += 0
    new_file = str(i) + ".txt"      
    file_list.append(new_file)

    with open(new_file, "w") as outfile:
        print("File created...")
print(file_list)

Answer 3

In the fourth line of your code, you're setting file_list equal to an empty list. Since this is in your loop, it's happening every time that the loop iterates! If you declare the file_list variable and set it to your starting empty list before your for loop, you should get your expected result.