When converting string to integer from txt file, I get ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10:

Question

I am trying to create an external highscore file.

highscoreFile = open("highscore.txt", "r+")
highscore = highscoreFile.read()

if current > int(highscore):
    highscoreFile.truncate(0)
    print(highscore)

It works if highscore.txt has only a 0, but if it is any number I get the error. If I check the value of highscore right before the if statement (using pycharm debug), it gives me a string value of what the high score is, which is what I would expect. Though, whent trying to print it, says it is n.netype. Why is it giving me this error?

Answer 1

For some reason the script created spaces before the number in the file.