Rose Mary Public School, VMC

Class XII Comp Sc

CSV files :

Fill in the blanks

[1] A _________ is a file format which stores records separated by comma.
.CSV
[2] One row of CSV file can be considered as _______ in terms of database.
record
[3] The CSV files can be operated by __________ and ____________
software.
Text Editor, Spreadsheet or Notepad, MS Excel
[4] The writerow() function is a part of _________ module.
CSV
[5] A _____ function allows to write a single record into each row in CSV
file.
writerow()
[6] The _________ parameter of csv.reader() function is used to set a specific
delimiter like a single quote or double quote or space or any other character.
dialect
[7] A ________ is a parameter of csv.reader() function that accpets the
keyword arguments.
**fmtparams 
[8] When you read csv file using csv.reader() function it returns the values in
_______ object.
nested list
[9] A ________ parameter is used to quote all fields of csv files.
quoting
[10] You can specify a quote character using _______ through writer
function.
quotechar
[11] The ____________ parameter instructs writer objects to only quote
those fields which contain special characters such as delimiter, quotechar or
any of the characters in lineterminator.
csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL
[12] To avoid quote fields in csv.writer() function, use _________ parameter.
csv.QUOTE_NONE
[13] If you want to change a default delimiter of csv file, you can specify
________ parameter.
delimiter
[14] CSV module allows to write multiple rows using ____________
function.
writerrows()
[15] ___________ instances or objects return by the writer function.
writer()
True/False – CSV in Python class 12
[1] Each row read from the csv file is returned as a list of strings.
True
[2] You can import csv module functions in following manner:
from csv import writerow, reader
True
[3] The csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC is used to quotes all kind of data.
False
[4] When csv.QUOTE_NONE is used with writer objects you have to
specify the escapechar option parameter to writerow() function.
True
[5] You cannot change the by default comma as a value separater.
False
[6] The quotechar function must be given any type of character to separate
values.
True
[7] The default line terminator is \n in csv file.
True
[8] The write row function creates header row in csv file by default.
False
[9] You cannot insert multiple rows in csv file using python csv module.
False
[10] In csv file, user can insert text values and date values with single quote
like MySQL.
True
MCQs/One word Answer Questions – CSV in Python class 12
1. Expand: CSV
 Comma Separated Value
2. Which of the following module is required to import to work with CSV
file?
 File
 CSV
 pandas
 numpy
2. Which of the following is not a function of csv module?
 readline()
 writerow()
 reader()
 writer()
3. The writer() function has how many mandatory parameters?
 1
 2
 3
 4
4. Name the function which used to write a row at a time into CSV file.
 writerow()
 Which of the following parameter needs to be added with open
function to avoid blank row followed file each row in CSV file?
 qoutechar
 quoting
  newline
 skiprow
2. Anshuman wants to separate the values by a $ sign. Suggest to
him a pair of function and parameter to use it.
 open,quotechar
 writer,quotechar
 open,delimiter
 writer, delimiter
3. Which of the following is tasks cannot be done or difficult with
CSV module?
 Data in tabular form
 Uniqueness of data
 Saving data permanently
 All of these
4. Which of the following is by default quoting parameter value?
 csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL
 csv.QUOTE_ALL
 csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC
 csv.QUOTE_NONE
5. Which of the following is must be needed when
csv.QUOTE_NONE parameter is used?
 escapechar
 quotechar
 quoting
 None of these
[1] Write the functions required to handle CSV files.
To handle CSV files following function required:
1. Open()
2. reader()
3. writer()
4. writerow()
5. close()
[2] Write to ways to import a csv module.
1. import csv
2. from csv import *
[3] Explain following functions with example.
1. reader()
2. writer()
3. writerow()
Case study based questions – CSV in Python class 12
[4] Write python code to create a header row for CSV file “students.csv”. The
column names are : Adm.No, StudentName, City, Remarks
Creating a header row is one of the most important aspects of CSV in python
class 12. Use the following code to do so.
from csv import writer
f = open("students.csv","w")
dt = writer(f)
dt.writerow(['Admno','StudentName','City','Remarks'])
f.close()
[5] Observe the following code and fill in the given blanks:
import csv
with _________ as f:
#1
r = csv.______(f)
#2
for row in ______:
#3
print(_____) #4
1. open(“data.csv”)
2. reader
3. r
4. row
[5] Write steps to print data from csv file in list object and support your
answer with example.
1. Import csv module – import csv
2. Open the csv file in reading mode – f = open(“demo.csv”,”r”)
3. Use list object to store the data read from csv using reader – data =
csv.reader(f)
4. close the csv file – f.close()
5. print the data object – print(data)
[6] How to print following data for cust.csv in tabular form usig python
code?

SNo Customer Name City Amount

1 Dhaval Anand 1500

2 Anuj Ahmedabad 2400

3 Mohan Vadodara 1000

4 Sohan Surat 700

from csv import reader
f = open("cust.csv","r")
dt = reader(f)
data = list(dt)
f.close()
for i in data:
for j in i:
print('\t|',j,end=" ")
print()
[7] Write code to insert multiple rows in the above csv file.
from csv import writer
with open("cust.csv","a",newline="\n")
as f:
dt = writer(f)
while True:
sno= int(input("Enter Serial No:"))
cust_name = input("Enter customer name:")
city = input("Enter city:")
amt = int(input("Enter amount:"))
dt.writerow([sno, cust_name, city, amt])
print("Record has been added.")
print("Want to add more record?Type YES!!!")
ch = input()
ch = ch.upper()
if ch=="YES":
print("*************************")
else:
break
[8] Write code to delete a row from csv file.
import csv
record = list()
custname= input("Please enter a customer name to delete:")
with open('cust.csv', 'r') as f:
data = csv.reader(f)
for row in data:
record.append(row)
for field in row:
if field == custname:
record.remove(row)
with open('cust.csv', 'w') as f:
writer = csv.writer(f)
writer.writerows(record)