AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'write'

Question

I have a homework assignment for a Python class and am running into an error that I don't understand. Running Python IDLE v3.2.2 on Windows 7. Below is where the problem is happening: ``` #local variables number=0 item='' cost='' #prompt user how many entries number=int(input('
How many items to add?: ')) #open file openfile=('test.txt','w') #starts for loop to write new lines for count in range(1,number+1): print('
For item #',count,'.',sep='') item=input('Name: ') cost=float(input('Cost: $')) #write to file openfile.write(item+'
') openfile.write(cost+'
') #Display message and closes file print('Records written to test.txt.',sep='') openfile.close ``` This is the error that I am getting: Traceback (most recent call last): File "I:\Cent 110	est.py", line 19, in openfile.write(item+'
') AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'write'

Accepted Answer

You're missing the open.

```
openfile = open('test.txt','w')
```

And at the end there are missing parens when you try to close the file

```
openfile.close()
```

Edit: I just saw another problem.

```
openfile.write(str(cost)+'
')
```

AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'write'

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