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CSV (Comma Separated Values) is a plain text format used for storing tabular data, where each line represents a row and fields are separated by commas. To write to a CSV file, one must use the csv module in Python, creating a writer object and utilizing methods like writerow() and writerows() to input data. CSV files are favored for their speed, small size, and ease of generation and import.

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CSV FILES

CSV (Comma Separated Values) is a plain text format used for storing tabular data, where each line represents a row and fields are separated by commas. To write to a CSV file, one must use the csv module in Python, creating a writer object and utilizing methods like writerow() and writerows() to input data. CSV files are favored for their speed, small size, and ease of generation and import.

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CSV FILES

INTRO:
 CSV=Comma separated values
 Used for storing tabular data as plain text in database or spread sheet
 Each line=row/record
 Each row may have more than 1 field/column
 Fields are separated by commas
 Extension= ‘.csv’
 Human readable format
 Need to import ‘csv module’ to read and write in the file
Syntax:
import csv
WRITING:
 Writing mode=’w’
 Step1:csv.writer(fileobject,delimiter=’ ,‘)= used to create a writerobject/csv
object(variable) to write contents into the csv file.
 Step2: var1=[field1,field2…]
 Step3: var2=[[row1],[row2]…..]
 Step4:writerow()= used to write fieldnames and rows into the file.
Eg: csv.writerow(variable)
 Step5:for loop to write rows into the file using writerow ()
Eg:
for i in var2:
csv.writerow(i)

OR
Use writerows()
Syntax: csv.writerows(var2)
 newline=’ ‘ : used in open(…….) so that empty [] doesn’t printed along with
the o/p of rows

READING:
 reading mode=’r’
 Step1:csv.reader(fileobject)= reader object(variable) created
 Step2:for loop in reader object to view rows.
EG:
NOTE:
If o/p rows are to be in comma sep values instead of lists

APPLICATIONS:
 Faster
 Small size
 Easy to generate and import

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