[Tutor] creating files with python and a thanks

[Eve Kotyk]

> function_output = function(param1, param2, ...)
> f = open('myfile.txt', 'w')
> f.write(function_output)
> f.close()
> 
> Another possibility is:
> 
> f = open('myfile.txt', 'w')
> f.write(function(param1, param2, ...))
> f.close()

Thank you.  This is very helpful, but I'm still not quite there.  Here
are my results from an Interpreter session.  

>>>def gather_data():
  items = raw_input("Add food item: ") 
  portion = input("Enter number of portions: ")
  cal_portion = input("Enter calories per portion: ")
  output = [items, portion, cal_portion]
  #return items,portion,cal_portion
  f = open('myfile.txt', 'w')
  f.write(str(output))
  f.close() 
  
>>> gather_data()
Add food item: cumquats
Enter number of portions: 10
Enter calories per portion: 50
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<pyshell#78>", line 1, in ?
    gather_data()
  File "<pyshell#75>", line 9, in gather_data
    f.write(output)
TypeError: read-only buffer, list

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