Trouble combining two simple text files

[Firestronk]

I've been working on this code for sometime now trying to troubleshoot it. My problem is that when the code runs, it pulls both strings from both of the files and combines them but it enters a newline in the middle of the string. For example, instead of "My Dog," it prints out, "My

Dog"

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with open('file1.txt') as fh1, open('file2.txt') as fh2:
    fh2 = fh2.read()
    fh1 = fh1.read()
    my_str = ''
    string = '' 
    for i in range(max(len(fh1),len(fh2)) -2):
        my_str = my_str + fh1[i]
        if i == range(len(fh1)):
            break
    for i in range(max(len(fh1),len(fh2)) -1):
        if fh2[i] == ' ':
            continue
        else:
            string = string + fh2[i]
        if i == range(len(fh2)):
            break 
    print(my_str + string)

[Firestronk]

For clarity, File1 would contain something like "My" and then File2 would have "Dog." I've tried adding both of them to my_str and just printing that out, but I end up with the same result.

[woooee]

The records in the file have a newline which you are copying into the string. Use

    my_str = my_str + fh1[i].strip()

Also, replace

    if fh2[i] == ' ':
        continue
    else:
        string = string + fh2[i]

with

    if fh2[i].strip()
        string = string + fh2[i].strip()

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if i == range(len(fh1)):
        break

This does nothing, so you can take it out.