You return four variables s1,s2,s3,s4 and receive them using a single variable obj. This is what is called a tuple, obj is associated with 4 values, the values of s1,s2,s3,s4. So, use index as you use in a list to get the value you want, in order.

Copyobj=list_benefits()
print obj[0] + " is a benefit of functions!"
print obj[1] + " is a benefit of functions!"
print obj[2] + " is a benefit of functions!"
print obj[3] + " is a benefit of functions!"

I think you want the last line to be

ssh.exec_command('cp test.txt {}.mrs_stats0.{}.pytest.gz ; chmod +r {}.mrs_stats0.{}s.gz'.format(host, ydate, host, ydate))

just a misplaced bracket. In your current code ssh is paramiko.SSHClient() instance and its method exec_command() method returns the stdin, stdout, and stderr of the executing command, as a 3-tuple (link to docs]

This error indicates that value is a tuple, and not a string as you might expect. This indicates a problem with your application.

Here the problem is that fetchone() returns a one-tuple. You should change from this line:

value = results.fetchone()

to this (notice the comma after value):

value, = results.fetchone()

or this (not recommended):

value = results.fetchone()[0]

But why is fetchone() returning a tuple instead of a string? Because you can SELECT multiple columns. Consider for example the following SQL statement:

SELECT a, b, c FROM my_table;

In this case, fetchone() will return a three-tuple.

Writing value, = fetchone() you are telling Python that you are expecting a one-tuple and you want that single item placed into value. If you were expecting the three-tuple, you'd have used column_a, column_b, column_c = resulsts.fetchone().

This is the reason why you should prefer value, over fetchone()[0].

Bonus tip: I noticed you are using Python 3. In this case, you can write:

translation_table = dict.fromkeys(b'+-(),', None)

Speeding up your code and making it more clean.

You need to create instances of your class:

Enemies = []

i = 0
while (i < 9):
    randomhealth = random.randrange(125,300,25)
    randomdamage = random.randrange(25,100,25)
    randomammo = random.randrange(20,200,20)

    # create an Enemy - not a tuple of values
    new_enemy = Enemy( "Enemy {}".format(i), randomhealth, randomdamage, randomammo)
    Enemies.append(new_enemy)

    i += 1

for Enemy in Enemies:
    Enemy.properties()

If you create a __str__(self) method in your class you can "tell" python how to print an instance of your class:

class Enemy:
    # snipped what you already had

    # is used if you print(instance)
    def __str__(self):
        return  """Properties:
Name: {}
Health: {}
Damage: {}
Ammo:   {}""".format(self.name, self.health, self.damage, self.ammo)

    # is used by lists if you print a whole list
    def __repr__(self):
        return str(self)

Read about __str__ here: python __str__ for an object

p1=(input("Name: "),input("Age: "))

As of right now, you're making a 2-tuple, not a Person. This should be

p1 = Person(input("Name: "), input("Age: "))

I had a different problem that caused this error. My code was attempting to get the value of a cell in row zero (I ran the loop one row too far).

Row zero doesn't exist (sheets begin at row 1), hence the AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'value' error.

Are you sure you need to use parse_known_args?

If so, you have to change the assignment of root and the other variables like this:

root = args[0].data_dir

If you chose parse_known_args by mistake, just use parse_args and your problem is gone.

You could either read the documentation for argparse ( https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_known_args ) where it says:

Instead, it returns a two item tuple containing the populated namespace and the list of remaining argument strings.

Thus you need to access the first item in the tuple, which is [0] as Python is zero-based.

Or you could set a breakpoint by inserting breakpoint() or import pdb;pdb.set_trace() (depending on your Python version) and inspect the value of args.

If you need further advice, just tell me and I will update the answer.