title: python-TypeError: data; found string, expecting tuple
body: <p>the code written was</p>
  
  <pre><code>f = open('data_x.txt', 'r')
  values=f.read() 
  values=f.readline() 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and when tring to call in other step in abaqus script </p>
  
  <pre><code>mdb.models['Model-1'].SmoothStepAmplitude(data=('data_x'), name='Amp-x',    timeSpan=STEP)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>its giving an error TypeError:data; found string, expecting tuple</p>