CSV FILES

COMMA SEPARATED VALUES

 CSV FILES
• CSV is a simple file format used to store tabular data, such as a
spreadsheet or database.
• They mostly use the comma character to separate data, but
sometimes use other characters, like semicolons.
• You can also open CSV files in spreadsheet programs, which make
them easier to read.
• The basic format is defined by a rows of column data.
• Each row is terminated by a newline to begin the next row.
• Within the row each column is distinguished by a comma.
• You can just double-click a .csv file to open it in Excel by default.
• CSV file format is mainly used by Data Scientist for Visualization.
 CSV FILES

• For working with CSV files in python, there is

an inbuilt module called csv.
• The csv module’s reader and writer objects read
and write sequences.
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w r=0 print("file updated")
for row in rows: return r
if int(row[3])>1:
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to delete records of those
tenants whose tenure of
stay is less than 1 year from
the file tenant.csv. File has
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[TID,TNAME,RENT,TENURE_
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 def DEL_REC():
Write a function DEL_REC()
to delete records of those
tenants whose tenure of
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the file tenant.csv. File has
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DEL_REC()
import csv
f1 = open("TENANT.CSV" , "r")
ro = csv.reader(f1)
fields=next(ro) #to skip header row
rows=[]
for rec in ro:
rows.append(rec)
f1.close()
f1=open("TENANT.CSV" , "w“,newline=‘’)
wo = csv.writer(f1)
wo.writerow(fields)
for row in rows:
if int(row[3])>=1:
wo.writerow(row)
print("file updated")
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