How do I print only the first 10 lines from a csv file using Python?

Use itertools.islice:

import csv
from itertools import islice

with open('titanic.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    for row in islice(reader, 10): # first 10 only
        print(row['survived'], row['pclass'], row['name'], row['sex'], row['age'])

While you're at it, you can also make use of operator.itemgetter to make the column getting a bit easier:

import csv
from itertools import islice
from operator import itemgetter

get_columns = itemgetter('survived', 'pclass', 'name', 'sex', 'age')

with open('titanic.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    for row in islice(reader, 10): # first 10 only
        print(*get_columns(row))

Adrien El Zein's answer is enough for your question. However, if you think it's slightly confusing (I don't think so):

import csv
counter = 0

with open('titanic.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    for row in enumerate(reader):
       print(row['survived'], row['pclass'], row['name'], row['sex'], row['age'])
       counter += 1
       if counter >= 9:
           break

All I did was rename the variable i to counter. Also, for an alternative loop:

import csv
counter = 0

with open('titanic.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    for row in enumerate(reader):
       print(row['survived'], row['pclass'], row['name'], row['sex'], row['age'])
       while counter < 10:
           counter += 1
       else:
           break

I tried and tested the while-else loop using Python 3.4.3 (not sure which version you have) and can tell you that it works properly.

You could just break after 10 lines.

import csv
with open('titanic.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
    for i,row in enumerate(reader):
        print(row['survived'], row['pclass'], row['name'], row['sex'], row['age'])
        if(i >= 9):
            break

May be this could help you

Code :

count = 0
rg = 10
with open('/content/gdrive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/employee.csv','r') as csvdt:
  csv_rd = csv.reader(csvdt)
  for j in  csv_rd:
    if count < rg:
      print(j)
      count = count + 1