Save results to csv file with Python

Question

import csv

with open('test.csv', 'rb') as f:
  data = list(csv.reader(f))

import collections
counter = collections.defaultdict(int)
for row in data:
    counter[row[1]] += 1
for row in data:
    if counter[row[1]] >= 4:
      writer = csv.writer(open("test1.csv", "wb"))
      writer.writerows(row)

I am getting strange output! What is wrong with this code?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3345336/save-results-to-csv-file-with-python

Answer 1

Use csv.writer:

import csv

with open('thefile.csv', 'rb') as f:
  data = list(csv.reader(f))

import collections
counter = collections.defaultdict(int)
for row in data:
    counter[row[0]] += 1


writer = csv.writer(open("/path/to/my/csv/file", 'w'))
for row in data:
    if counter[row[0]] >= 4:
        writer.writerow(row)