File overwrite and append in python

#!/usr/local/bin/python
 
import sys
import time
 
havevalue = 0
 
while havevalue < 1:
        try:
                table = input("What table to you want? ")
                havevalue=1
        except:
                print "Looking for a number"
 
counter = 1
 
save = open("tabout.txt","w")
while counter <= 12:
        result = table * counter
        print counter,"time",table, "is",result
        save.write (str(counter) " times "  \
                str(table)  " is "  \
                str(result)   "\n")
        counter = counter   1
 
print "Counter ends at",counter
save.close();
 
handle = open("logfile.txt","a")
logline = []
logline.append(sys.argv[0])
logline.append(str(time.time()))
logline.append(str(table))
handle.write((" ".join(logline)) "\n")
handle.close()