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A CSV (Comma Separated Values) file is a plain text document used to organize tabular information, commonly utilized for importing and exporting spreadsheets and databases. Python's csv module provides functionality for reading from and writing to CSV files, allowing users to easily manipulate tabular data. The document includes examples of how to read from and write to CSV files using Python code.

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A CSV (Comma Separated Values) file is a plain text document used to organize tabular information, commonly utilized for importing and exporting spreadsheets and databases. Python's csv module provides functionality for reading from and writing to CSV files, allowing users to easily manipulate tabular data. The document includes examples of how to read from and write to CSV files using Python code.

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A CSV (Comma Separated Values) file is a form of plain text

document that uses a particular format to organize tabular


information. CSV file format is a bounded text document that
uses a comma to distinguish the values. Every row in the
document is a data log. Each log is composed of one or more
fields, divided by commas. It is the most popular file format for
importing and exporting spreadsheets and databases.
CSV format is the most common import and export format for
spreadsheets and databases. It is one of the most common
methods for exchanging data between applications and popular
data format used in Data Science. It is supported by a wide
range of applications. A CSV file stores tabular data in which
each data field is separated by a delimiter(comma in most
cases). To represent a CSV file, it must be saved with
the .csv file extension.

Reading from CSV file


Python contains a module called csv for the handling of CSV files.
The reader class from the module is used for reading data from a
CSV file. At first, the CSV file is opened using the open() method
in ‘r’ mode(specifies read mode while opening a file) which
returns the file object then it is read by using the reader() method
of CSV module that returns the reader object that iterates
throughout the lines in the specified CSV document.

csv Module: The CSV module is one of the modules in Python


that provides classes for reading and writing tabular information
in CSV file format.

Reading a CSV File Format in Python:


Consider the below CSV file named ‘Giants.CSV’:

Note: The ‘with’ keyword is used along with the open() method
as it simplifies exception handling and automatically closes the
CSV file.
Example: This code reads and prints the contents of a CSV file
named ‘Giants.csv’ using the csv module in Python. It opens the
file in read mode, reads the lines, and prints them one by one
using a for loop. The csv.reader() function is used to read the CSV
file, and the data from each row is printed to the console.
import csv
# opening the CSV file
with open('Giants.csv', mode ='r')as file:

# reading the CSV file


csvFile = csv.reader(file)

# displaying the contents of the CSV file


for lines in csvFile:
print(lines)

Writing to CSV file


Write into CSV Files Using csv.writer()
csv.writer class is used to insert data to the CSV file. This class
returns a writer object which is responsible for converting the
user’s data into a delimited string. A csvfile object should be
opened with newline='' otherwise, newline characters inside the
quoted fields will not be interpreted correctly.

Syntax:
csv.writer(csvfile)
csv.writer class provides two methods for writing to CSV. They
are writerow() and writerows().
writerow(): This method writes a single row at a time. Field row
can be written using this method.
Syntax:
writerow()
writerows(): This method is used to write multiple rows at a
time. This can be used to write rows list.
Syntax:
writerows(rows)

# Python program to demonstrate


# writing to CSV
import csv

# name of csv file


filename = "university_records.csv"
# writing to csv file
with open(filename, 'w') as csvfile:
# creating a csv writer object
csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
# writing the fields
csvwriter.writerow(['Name', 'Branch', 'Year', 'CGPA'])
# writing the data rows
csvwriter.writerows([ ['Nikhil', 'COE', '2', '9.0'],
['Sanchit', 'COE', '2', '9.1'],
['Aditya', 'IT', '2', '9.3'],
['Sagar', 'SE', '1', '9.5'],
['Prateek', 'MCE', '3', '7.8'],
['Sahil', 'EP', '2', '9.1']])

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