fout = open('names.txt', 'w')

output = []
name = input("Please enter your name (or 0 to stop): ")
while name != "0":
    birthdate = input("Birthdate: ")
    color = input("Favorite color: ")
    
    #record = (name, birthdate, 24, color+'\n')
    #record = [str(a) for a in record]
    #new_record = []
    #for a in record:
    #    new_record.append(a)
    #record = new_record
    #record = '\t'.join(record)
    record = '\t'.join([str(a) for a in (name, birthdate, 24, color+'\n')])
    print("record:", record)
    output.append(record)
    #output.append('\t'.join((name, birthdate, color)))

    name = input("Please enter your name (or 0 to stop): ")

print("output:", output)
fout.writelines(output)
fout.close()