Python: How to write a dictionary of tuple values to a csv file?

Question

How do I print the following dictionary into a csv file?

maxDict = {\'test1\': (\'alpha\', 2), \'test2\': (\'gamma\', 2)} 

So, that the output

Answer 1

import csv
with open("data.csv", "wb") as f:
    csv.writer(f).writerows((k,) + v for k, v in maxDict.iteritems())

Answer 2

maxDict = {'test1': ('alpha', 2), 'test2': ('gamma', 2)}
csvData = []
for col1, (col2, col3) in maxDict.iteritems():
  csvData.append("%s, %s, %s" % (col1, col2, col3))
f = open('test.csv', 'w')
f.write("\n".join(csvData))
f.close()