how to open scv in python code example

Example 1: csv python write

import csv

with open('names.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
    fieldnames = ['first_name', 'last_name']
    writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)

    writer.writeheader()
    writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Baked', 'last_name': 'Beans'})
    writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Lovely', 'last_name': 'Spam'})
    writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Wonderful', 'last_name': 'Spam'})

Example 2: accessing element from csv file in python

import itertools
# ...
with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
     row = next(itertools.islice(csv.reader(f), row_number, row_number+1))
     print row[column_number]

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