csv — Easy Examples

Read and write CSV files

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Getting started with csv

Basic import and usage of the csv module.

python
import csv
from io import StringIO

# Write CSV
output = StringIO()
writer = csv.writer(output)
writer.writerow(["Name", "Age", "City"])
writer.writerow(["Alice", 30, "NYC"])
writer.writerow(["Bob", 25, "LA"])
print(output.getvalue())

The csv module is part of Python's standard library. Read and write CSV files.

Common csv operations

Frequently used functions from the csv module.

python
# More csv examples
import csv

print(f"csv module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {csv.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(csv))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the csv module.

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