OUTFILE2 = open(platename + ".platemap.w_sample_names.txt", "w")
OUTFILE2.write("Plate:\t" + platename + "\nPlate_#:\t" + plateno + "\n")
colnames = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12"]
rownames = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H"]
colnamestoprint = "\t".join(colnames)
OUTFILE2.write("\t" + colnamestoprint + "\n") #print the column names
#print header
for row in rownames:
	OUTFILE2.write(row + "\t")
	row_data = []
	for col in colnames:
		try: #filling the list with data
			row_data.append(samplemap[row, col])
		except KeyError: #if try to call a well with no information, don't crash just continue
			toprint = "\t".join(row_data)
			OUTFILE2.write(toprint + "\n")
			continue