Writing to a text file inside a class

[bobstein]

I'm writing part of a program that involves writing user generated information to a text file.

class MonsterStats:

  def __init__(self, name):
    self.__monName = name

  def setName(self, name):
    self.__monName  = name

  def fileWrite(self):
    monFile = open('MonsterFile.txt', 'w')
    monFile.write(self.__monName)
    monFile.close()

I wrote this to test it out:

import MonsterClass
name = raw_input('enter name: ')
monStats = MonsterClass.MonsterStats(name)
monStats.fileWrite()

The prompt comes up as it should but I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:/Python/MonsterMaker/testClass.py", line 7, in <module>
    monStats.fileWrite()
  File "D:/Python/MonsterMaker\MonsterClass.py", line 13, in fileWrite
    monFile.write(self.__monName)
AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'write'

What is a 'tuple' object and how do I fix this?

[jlm699]

I don't know how you could possibly be getting a tuple object... I used your code exactly and it worked just fine. A tuple is this:

a = (1, 2, 3, 4) # tuple with 4 elements
b = ('a', 'b')   # tuple with 2 elements

# tuples can be iterated over like lists
for item in a:
    print a

Don't know how you could possibly be getting a tuple in there.. Is that all your code?

[bobstein]

That is very strange. That is the entirety of my code. You say it worked? Wrote your input to the file and everything?

EDIT: seems to have been a problem with my IDE. I restarted it and it works. I really should stop using IDLE. It's so bad >.<

[_Nestor]

I wrote your code in the one file like this and it worked

class MonsterStats:
  def __init__(self, name):
    self.__monName = name

  def setName(self, name):
    self.__monName  = name

  def fileWrite(self):
    monFile = open('MonsterFile.txt', 'w')
    monFile.write(self.__monName)
    monFile.close()

name = raw_input('enter name: ')
monStats = MonsterStats(name)
monStats.fileWrite()

[jlm699]

Yes, it wrote my input to file. The code works. Maybe you have a typo in your code somewhere. But if you copy-pasted it to this forum then you have something seriously wrong with your python distro.

What version are you using?

[woooee]

def __init__(self, name):
self.__monName = name

monFile.write(self.__monName)

Somehow you are passing a tuple to the class. How do you call the class and what name are you entering? Also, add a print statement before the write
print type(self__monName), self.__monName
monFile.write(self.__monName)

[bobstein]

It's 2.6 but it works now. I just restarted IDLE and it worked. BTW, anyone have a suggestion for a better IDE?

[jlm699]

It's 2.6 but it works now. I just restarted IDLE and it worked. BTW, anyone have a suggestion for a better IDE?

I use Notepad ++ and set it up to be able to run my Python programs, verify their syntax and launch the PyCrust shell...

I highly recommend it.