csv file handling

Reading and writing data to a file using the standard file methods in Python means that
the data is read as a string. This means that you may need to use string slicing to select
the data that you want. It is often easier to work with CSV files using the csv library.

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'''

reading contents of csv file row by row

'''

import csv

f0 = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder

csv_f = csv.reader(f0) # returns a reader object which iterates over lines

#print(csv_f[,:1])

iter=1

for row in csv_f:

print(row)

iter+=1

if iter > 10:

break

#if iter in range(10):

#print(row)

#iter+=1
#else:

#break

#for e in row:

#print(e)

#print(row)

#for row in csv_f:

#print(row[2])

['Jackson', 'Thompson', 'jackson.thompson@hotmail.com']

['Luke', 'Wallace', 'luke.wallace@lycos.com']

['David', 'Wright', 'david.wright@hotmail.com']

['Nathaniel', 'Butler', 'nathaniel.butler@aol.com']

['Noah', 'Simpson', 'noah.simpson@hotmail.com']

['Eli', 'Mitchell', 'eli.mitchell@aol.com']

['Xavier', 'Shaw', 'xavier.shaw@gmail.com']

['Josiah', 'Harrison', 'josiah.harrison@aol.com']

['Nolan', 'Thompson', 'nolan.thompson@aol.com']

['Avery', 'Martin', 'avery.martin@yahoo.com']

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'''

reading contents of csv file element by element

'''

import csv

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

reader = csv.reader(f)

for row in reader:

for k in row:

print(k)

ame

N
Age

30

25

43

76

19

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'''

reading contents of csv file in a dictionary format

'''

import csv

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

reader = csv.DictReader(f)

for row in reader:

print(row)

{'Name': 'x', 'Age': '30'}

{'Name': 'y', 'Age': '25'}

{'Name': 'z', 'Age': '43'}

{'Name': 'p', 'Age': '76'}

{'Name': 'q', 'Age': '19'}

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'''

doing something with the contents in csv file

'''

import csv

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

reader = csv.reader(f)

lt1=[]

sum1=0

for row in reader:

lt1.append(row[1])

print(lt1)

#print(lt1)

lt2=lt1[1:]

print(lt2)

for k in lt2:

sum1+=int(k)

print(sum1)

 ['Age', '30', '25', '43', '76', '19']

['30', '25', '43', '76', '19']

193

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'''

skipping the header using next() method

'''

import csv

# reading data from a csv file 'Data.csv'

with open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder

reader = csv.reader(file, delimiter = ' ')

# store the headers in a separate variable,

# move the reader object to point on the next row

#headings = next(reader) (uncomment if you want to use the header names

next(reader)

# output list to store all rows

Output = []

for row in reader:

Output.append(row[:])

print(Output) # returns a list of lists

for row_num, rows in enumerate(Output):

print('data in row number {} is {}'.format(row_num+1, rows))

#print('headers were: ', headings)

[['x,30'], ['y,25'], ['z,43'], ['p,76'], ['q,19']]

data in row number 1 is ['x,30']

data in row number 2 is ['y,25']

data in row number 3 is ['z,43']

data in row number 4 is ['p,76']

data in row number 5 is ['q,19']

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'''

write contents into csv file

'''

import csv

nms = [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]]

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

writer = csv.writer(f)#returns a writer object which writes data into C

for row in nms:

writer.writerow(row)

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'''

write contents of multiple rowa of data into csv file

'''

import csv

nms = [[1, 2, 3], [7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

writer = csv.writer(f)

writer.writerows(nms)

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'''

write a dictionary into csv file

'''

import csv

f = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder/

with f:

fnames = ['first_name', 'last_name']

writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=fnames)

writer.writeheader()

writer.writerow({'first_name' : 'John', 'last_name': 'Smith'})

writer.writerow({'first_name' : 'Robert', 'last_name': 'Brown'})

writer.writerow({'first_name' : 'Julia', 'last_name': 'Griffin'})

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'''

Experiment 5 solution for python lab group p1

'''

import csv

with open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfolder

reader = csv.reader(file)

# output list to store all rows

namelist=[]

agelist=[]

professionlist=[]

Output = []

for row in reader:

Output.append(row[:])

#print(Output) # returns a list of lists

for ri, r in enumerate(Output):

if 'name' in Output[ri][0]:

namelist=Output[ri][1:]

#print(namelist1)

if 'age' in Output[ri][0]:

agelist=Output[ri][1:]

#print(agelist1)

if 'profession' in Output[ri][0]:

professionlist=Output[ri][1:]

#print(professionlist1)

voterlist={}

scount=0

for i,j in enumerate(agelist):

 if int(j) > 18:

voterlist.update({namelist[i]:professionlist[i]})

if professionlist[i] == 'student':

scount+=1

print(voterlist)

print('there are ',scount, ' number of student voters')

f1 = open('C:/Users/mmray/.spyder-py3/ippclasscodes/ippclasscodes/funfo

with f1:

fnames = ['name', 'profession']

writer = csv.DictWriter(f1, fieldnames=fnames)

writer.writeheader()

for k in voterlist:

writer.writerow({'name':k , 'profession':voterlist[k]})

{'z': 'software', 'q': 'student', 'r': 'manager'}

there are 1 number of student voters

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