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CSV (comma separated values) files store tabular data such as numbers and text in plain text format, with each record on a new line and fields within records separated by commas. CSV files can be read and written to in Python using the csv module, which allows importing csv data into lists and exporting data from lists into CSV format. The document provides examples of using the csv.reader and csv.writer methods to read from and write to CSV files in Python.

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CSV Files

CSV (comma separated values) files store tabular data such as numbers and text in plain text format, with each record on a new line and fields within records separated by commas. CSV files can be read and written to in Python using the csv module, which allows importing csv data into lists and exporting data from lists into CSV format. The document provides examples of using the csv.reader and csv.writer methods to read from and write to CSV files in Python.

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CSV Files

What is a CSV ?

● CSV means Comma Separated Values).


● It is a simple file format used to store tabular data, such as a spreadsheet or
database.
● A CSV file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text.
● Each line of the file is a data record.
● Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas.
● The use of the comma as a field separator is the source of the name for this
file format.
● For working CSV files in python, there is an inbuilt module called csv.
Reading a CSV file

import csv
with open('path/to/csv_file', 'r') as f:
csv_reader = csv.reader(f)
for line in csv_reader:
print(line)
output
['Name', 'Age', 'Profession']
['Jack', '23', 'Doctor']
['Miller', '22', 'Engineer']
Writing CSV files in Python

mport csv
i
SN,Movie,Protagonist
with open('innovators.csv', 'w', newline=' ') as file:

writer = csv.writer(file)
1,Lord of the Rings,Frodo Baggins
writer.writerow(["SN", "Name", "Contribution"]) 2,Harry Potter,Harry Potter
writer.writerow([1, "Linus Torvalds", "Linux Kernel"])

writer.writerow([2, "Tim Berners-Lee", "World Wide Web"])

writer.writerow([3, "Guido van Rossum", "Python Programming"])

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