I have a def function that I want to edit/write into my selected txt file-CodePudding

I am making an automated python quiz creator that will organize and print out a txt file with the quiz but when I call the def create_multiple_choice where it writes the question the teacher would like to ask with all the multiple choice options below it refuses to print.

the error I get

dit_quiz_file.write(multiple_choice_question, "a") TypeError: write() takes exactly one argument (2 given)

def create_multiple_choice():
    global edit_quiz_file
    multiple_choice_question = input("What would you like the question to be?")
    print("write the multiple choice options below\n")
    multiple_choice1 = input("What is the first option?")
    multiple_choice2 = input("What is the second option?")
    multiple_choice3 = input("What is the third option?")
    multiple_choice4 = input("What is the fourth option?")
    
    edit_quiz_file = open("mathquiz.txt", "a")
    edit_quiz_file.write(multiple_choice_question, "a")

CodePudding user response：

edit_quiz_file.write(multiple_choice_question, "a") is your problem, it support 1 argument and 2 were given, this is because write doesn't need that "a", that is the open's job.

CodePudding user response：

Correct the last line as per the error message. The "a" there is surplus.

edit_quiz_file.write(multiple_choice_question)

Also, it is much safer to open the file like this:

with open('mathquiz.txt', 'w') as file:
    file.write(multiple_choice_question)