Python Tutorial: CSV Module - How to Read, Parse, and Write CSV Files

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  • In this Python Programming Tutorial, we will be learning how to work with csv files using the csv module. We will learn how to read, parse, and write to csv files. CSV stands for "Comma-Separated Values". It is a common format for storing information. Knowing how to read, parse, and write this information to files will open the door to working with a lot of data throughout the world. Let's get started.
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  • @HellO-ly1bp
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  • @ourcore
    @ourcore 2 роки тому +1

    I hadn't touched Python in years and I've learnt so much from your videos about requests/requests-html, reading APIs, and CSV files. Thanks so much!

  • @CuriousAnonDev
    @CuriousAnonDev 2 роки тому +4

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  • @scochran3265
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    What I love seeing in the below comments is people actually helping other people. There isn’t any bashing or calling each other names. Lovely.

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      Yeah, when I first started making videos I was worried about the comments, but this community of people is fantastic. Super nice and helpful.

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    @Alex-ht1oq 7 років тому +159

    You are so good at teaching man. I appreciate every video that you produce.

    • @ryaxn_a7495
      @ryaxn_a7495 6 років тому

      nitty? oh, are you wondering why you have no friends? because when someone produces something absolutely amazing you don't notice it???

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      @shermanmerman4944 6 років тому +2

      it's a compliment. get over yourself.

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      +JDI2002 Seriously, the guy pays Corey a much deserved compliment and you manage to find fault with it?

  • @tlrlutz
    @tlrlutz 3 роки тому +65

    Love the tutorials Corey they help so much in learning Python. Just thought I would update this video because the syntax is off around 8:00. The context manager "with open('new_names', 'w') as new_file:" will return a CSV file with a blank row in-between each row. The quick fix is to add "with open('new_names', 'w', newline='') as new_file:" and the issue goes away.

    • @francescob1904
      @francescob1904 9 місяців тому +1

      thanks you so much, I was wondering about what I did wrong...

    • @ugestacoolie5998
      @ugestacoolie5998 6 місяців тому +1

      @@francescob1904yeah me too and I was wondering why there was an extra line after each original line XD

  • @al-farabinagashbayev5403
    @al-farabinagashbayev5403 7 років тому +92

    if you have new csv file with blank lines this is for you
    # Python 2
    with open('new_names.csv', 'wb') as outfile:
    writer = csv.writer(outfile)
    # Python 3
    with open('new_names.csv', 'w', newline='') as outfile:
    writer = csv.writer(outfile)

    • @MilanRihaMilan
      @MilanRihaMilan 6 років тому

      I had the same problem :P ...newline='' works just fine. Thank you.
      Great lectures, I really like the way you teach it. ;) not too fast, not too slow, good examples, easy to understand, really brilliant teaching skills ;)

    • @jamesgu9223
      @jamesgu9223 5 років тому

      thank you, your way works fine.

    • @kitayuan9842
      @kitayuan9842 5 років тому

      cheers brother

    • @sergiomedina5520
      @sergiomedina5520 4 роки тому

      I was spending 15 minutes to resolve it until you saved me with your comment. Thanks a lot!

    • @granberyacademia
      @granberyacademia 4 роки тому +1

      I wish I had read the comments... I couldn't understand why my code was f-ing me up

  • @vegito_blue6226
    @vegito_blue6226 5 років тому +11

    Hi Corey, thanks for this video. For my interview tomorrow this is what I was looking for.

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    @superliang2887 5 років тому +23

    This video is the best, I watched many videos on UA-cam, only this one really help

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    @praveen0227 7 років тому +4

    I am a beginner in Python but whenever i watch your tutorials i feel its easy to write programs in python.The examples are very good. I wish if you can give some exercises based on the videos you show which will help beginners like me to write more programs.

  • @elementalneil7967
    @elementalneil7967 2 роки тому

    I was doing this Data Science course on Coursera, and the lesson on the csv module covered a load of content in a very short time. Of course, not understanding a thing, I had to revert back to UA-cam. This video clears it up really well. Thanks.

  • @auditocanarsie7355
    @auditocanarsie7355 2 роки тому +1

    You are a natural professor. I appreciate the clarity & completeness. The text is easy to read on a desktop but was a little hard for me to read on a cell phone. If there was a way to zoom in on the text so it could be easier to read on a cell phone that is the only thing that could possible improve this video. Either that or I just need to visit my Optometrist and your videos are flawless.😀

  • @cringeyonmain
    @cringeyonmain 4 місяці тому

    Saved my life when doing my higher computing science coursework. Thanks so much!

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    @valeriewang6244 6 років тому +14

    OMG Corey you are soooooo helpfullllllllllll. I love you!

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    Thank you very much Corey. I switched job and now work with python. your videos helped a lot not to lose it in the beginning :-)

  • @user-zq4ix8ps6g
    @user-zq4ix8ps6g 6 років тому +1

    best python tutorial I ever watched

  • @hamidurrahman3183
    @hamidurrahman3183 6 років тому +2

    Brother Corey Schafer, your parents should be proud of you. You are a genius. Great at explaining. I have watched almost all videos of this python series. They are blessing to every python beginner. Thanks for all those videos.

    • @coreyms
      @coreyms  6 років тому +1

      Thanks! I appreciate the kind words

  • @NazachatGames
    @NazachatGames 3 роки тому

    Corey, you make me have two interviews and real oportunities for a job, here in Argentina.
    Thanks you a lot.
    I'm now a member of your channel, hope u the best.

  • @JV-jc7ci
    @JV-jc7ci Рік тому

    You have a very, very simple teaching style that makes it easy for newbies to understand. You're a great teacher! Thank you for the awesome FREE tutorial! This was so much more useful than online courses I am paying for!

  • @ronitchawla4937
    @ronitchawla4937 4 роки тому +48

    I am taking Harvard University's online CS50 course and I could understand JACK about CSV file till I saw this vid 😂 .... Thanks a lot man 👍

  • @vergilfrans1447
    @vergilfrans1447 4 роки тому +1

    Coding after long time...Feeling excited! Thank you for your tutorial. Easy to follow.

  • @goldenogregames
    @goldenogregames 3 роки тому +8

    For anyone getting spaces between lines using writerow method ( using python 3 ), you need to add newline=' ' inside open like this, open('file.csv', 'w',newline=' ') as ... : (the second with open iteration)

  • @raybilton6995
    @raybilton6995 6 років тому +3

    Excellent series and I'm learning a lot from them. Your tutorials are my goto when I have a question. I really wish you had extended this video to include writing the two individual fields instead of just using delete. It would have helped with my needs more. I am working on a project with 20 fields in my input, but needing to write only 15 fields from the original file, and add two new fields to my 17 field output file.

  • @soumyazyx
    @soumyazyx 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Corey for your time and effort. Keep spreading the knowledge.

  • @luminamoon504
    @luminamoon504 2 роки тому

    Total life saver, I needed this for a project due today, thank you so much!

  • @x0gucx
    @x0gucx 9 місяців тому

    Thank you SOOOO Much, even after 6 years this tutorial is so useful. my college professor just told use to do this with an article attachment and it's an intro class so I couldn't understand a single thing on there. THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO TUTORIAL❣

  • @miquelr2353
    @miquelr2353 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for being so clear. Learning by yourself can be like decyphering hierogrypics

  • @jykw1717
    @jykw1717 7 років тому +13

    YOU ARE GOD OF PYTHON

  • @mediumshrimp9696
    @mediumshrimp9696 3 роки тому +2

    I have never seen a negative comment on your videos. You are helping me get through this coding boot camp like you'll never believe. Thanks, Mr. Corey.

    • @okayest_pianist
      @okayest_pianist 3 місяці тому

      how'd the bootcamp go bruh

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      @mediumshrimp9696 3 місяці тому +1

      @okayest_pianist For me it was worth it. My class size was 17 or 19 and only two didn't get jobs right before/after graduation. Several of my classmates are going to college either while online/in person to get degrees. It is hard, our starting class size was 28. In my opinion, it's the way to go.

    • @okayest_pianist
      @okayest_pianist 3 місяці тому

      @@mediumshrimp9696 love to hear it brother. glhf

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  • @madyrebecca
    @madyrebecca 6 років тому +6

    you're videos are magic !! i love watching them , thank you so much !!!!!!!

    • @MyTube4Utoo
      @MyTube4Utoo 6 років тому +1

      +madyrebecca Corey's videos are 'magic.' I've started on Python books that just bored me. I've used Udemy, CodeCademy, other UA-cam videos, as well as countless other tutorials, but *nothing* has helped me nearly as much as Cory's tutorials. So yeah, "magic" applies here. I bet he's a warlock! lol

  • @michaelpadovani9566
    @michaelpadovani9566 7 років тому

    Hey thanks for posting this, I'm very new to Python (and watched a lot of your other tutorials). I'm a meteorologist that works with instrumentation datasets so i live and breathe HUGE csv files lol Hoping to use this method tutoring a local HS student for his project. Thx again and cheers from Maryland!

  • @TheFrazerboy
    @TheFrazerboy 2 роки тому

    excellent stuff definitly helping with my masters project

  • @kirupv
    @kirupv 5 років тому +1

    You covered very well through explaining simple way. Thank you very much

  • @GiovanniGirelli1104
    @GiovanniGirelli1104 4 роки тому +4

    Hello Corey, I just discovered your channel today and it is awesome. Funny that you cover all the topics I am interested in (Python, SQL, Pandas, MatPlotlib etc). For people like me who never even came close to going to college/university this is awesome. One topic I would really like to see would be a tutorial on (if at all possible) automating the process of extracting tabular data from PDF's using Python and convert them into useful Excel files (something I need to do on a daily basis at work). Awesome channel, keep it up!

  • @aldrinmagnoa9874
    @aldrinmagnoa9874 3 роки тому

    You make everything so simple to understand. thank you so much!

  • @shaunakalshi4547
    @shaunakalshi4547 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the tutorial.Helped me a lot in my miniproject.

  • @MelanieCrypto
    @MelanieCrypto 2 роки тому

    refreshingly thorough and helpful ! thanks for posting this

  • @connorpayne7324
    @connorpayne7324 Рік тому

    very good, not only do you explain it very well, you explain each part of what you are doing and why. all in all a very good tutorial.

  • @sameerk12982
    @sameerk12982 6 років тому +1

    Thank you very much Sir for creating such an easy to understand tutorial about reading writing csv file.

  • @AK-kj8cc
    @AK-kj8cc 6 років тому

    You are very thorough in your explanations. I've subbed and I hope you keep this up!

  • @converti76
    @converti76 4 роки тому +1

    Super useful! Thanks dude!

  • @timo_b3
    @timo_b3 2 роки тому

    Awesome, thank you corey!

  • @danmuniz1354
    @danmuniz1354 5 років тому +1

    Thanks Corey. Very Helpful! Cheers!

  • @ozodbekulashov2325
    @ozodbekulashov2325 4 роки тому +2

    Hello Mr Corey ! Thanks for this incredible content!

  • @letshev
    @letshev 3 роки тому

    Corey, you are the best. Thank you.

  • @datag1199
    @datag1199 Рік тому

    Great tutorial - thank you! Subscribed

  • @andres-beltre
    @andres-beltre 5 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for the sucint tutorial. This precisely what I needed!

  • @shivrankrishen
    @shivrankrishen 3 роки тому

    Short and down to the point.You Sir you're a God Sent.

  • @kimberlybacchia1413
    @kimberlybacchia1413 5 років тому +1

    SO helpful, thank you!!

  • @mahodaadikari4116
    @mahodaadikari4116 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the wonderful explanation ❤💫💪🏼

  • @tobbysorama
    @tobbysorama 6 років тому +1

    You are an awesome tutor!

  • @husseinabukar7081
    @husseinabukar7081 4 роки тому

    Absolutely, fantastic video and simple to understand it. Many thanks for your time and efforts

  • @emilyncozzens8309
    @emilyncozzens8309 Рік тому

    This is the best tutorial the I never found! Thanks so much!

  • @praveenmishra5822
    @praveenmishra5822 2 роки тому

    Nice explanation, Thanks!

  • @FisVii77
    @FisVii77 6 років тому

    man you are a very good python presenter, keep up the great work and vids.

  • @drewconroy5938
    @drewconroy5938 7 років тому +1

    Great stuff as always - Thank you:)

  • @egonz7194
    @egonz7194 3 роки тому

    just what i needed for my problom set thanks bro .

  • @impact_k
    @impact_k 11 місяців тому

    This is fantastic, no lies. Thank you very much

  • @cyperdevelopment
    @cyperdevelopment 5 років тому +1

    Your introduction voice is amazing!

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    @MexicanPickleTamarindo Рік тому

    Better than my professor! Thank you.

  • @simonnguyen692
    @simonnguyen692 Рік тому

    sick tutorial man thank you

  • @navidpanchi
    @navidpanchi 6 років тому

    Thank you so much for such a wonder full series!

  • @yingbowang3068
    @yingbowang3068 3 роки тому

    exactly what i want,Thanks !!

  • @prateekmohanty8315
    @prateekmohanty8315 2 роки тому

    Amazing video man , thank you so much

  • @crystalramirez2550
    @crystalramirez2550 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for these amazing videos.

  • @daisycarranza4034
    @daisycarranza4034 Рік тому

    Thank you so much I needed this

  • @amanuelsiyum4537
    @amanuelsiyum4537 5 років тому +1

    Very helpful videos, keep up the good work!!!!!

  • @chescodrc
    @chescodrc 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for this video!

  • @karmendurbin
    @karmendurbin 2 роки тому

    Amazing explanation.

  • @trying2understand870
    @trying2understand870 5 років тому +3

    I really enjoyed this tutorial as well as all of your other tutorials that I have seen. I was wondering if you had shown a method for updating csv files?

  • @hadishaaben3665
    @hadishaaben3665 4 роки тому

    You are Awesome i used thes codes as a mad man .. I loved it

  • @takibahmed8859
    @takibahmed8859 2 роки тому

    Thank you for this lecture

  • @PrashantKumar-ks2rd
    @PrashantKumar-ks2rd 5 років тому +1

    really helpful video thank you!!

  • @organizedchaos4559
    @organizedchaos4559 3 роки тому

    Great video, very informative and helpful. You make it really easy to follow and understand

  • @muhammadnaveedkhan6739
    @muhammadnaveedkhan6739 2 роки тому

    Excellent work Sir, Your teaching style is awesome.

  • @muralidhar40
    @muralidhar40 Рік тому

    I can not quite put the finger around it, but your teaching is magical!

  • @YourSvetlana
    @YourSvetlana 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for the video 😊

  • @peterfconley
    @peterfconley Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much.

  • @fubli4real
    @fubli4real 3 роки тому

    Nice vid, helped a lot!

  • @diggable
    @diggable 6 років тому

    awesome, my first CSV read\write tutorial! thank you sir!
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  • @kgsanjuana
    @kgsanjuana 6 років тому +8

    You are amazing! Thank you so much!!!! I have a better understanding of csv and can apply it to my school assignment.

    • @assasin101011
      @assasin101011 6 років тому

      don't go to school just code in your house and you can get a job in no time I promise you that. I'm 100% sure i swear this to our generation and mankind

  • @ricardolazaro1766
    @ricardolazaro1766 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome video, I very easy to understand! Thank you for the awesome video!

  • @omkarkhare4542
    @omkarkhare4542 6 років тому +1

    Very well explained

  • @sahilahuja6574
    @sahilahuja6574 4 роки тому

    Great video, good job!!

  • @johnpitic1124
    @johnpitic1124 5 років тому +1

    Thank you man i will pass my gcse

  • @ruizhenmai1194
    @ruizhenmai1194 6 років тому

    concise and clear! thx so much

  • @asifahussain899
    @asifahussain899 Рік тому

    U are great Corey Sir ... waiting for Ur 1 million subscribers ❤️

  • @sphiwemodise5713
    @sphiwemodise5713 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you. This is helpful

  • @marcello4258
    @marcello4258 2 роки тому

    lovely back in college when I learned this with java I had to code all by myself incl logic for escaping ;)

  • @GabrielSilva-mv4fm
    @GabrielSilva-mv4fm 2 роки тому

    Great video, thx!

  • @claylanzino9749
    @claylanzino9749 3 роки тому

    Very interesting. Thanks 👍 for sharing.

  • @cristianomendoncagueivara5702
    @cristianomendoncagueivara5702 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video!!!!

  • @mjprescotti
    @mjprescotti 3 роки тому

    This video was worth the viewing I wish I had found this days ago:)

  • @prmoreiit
    @prmoreiit 6 років тому

    Highly engaging..Kudos!!

  • @bearwalsh6414
    @bearwalsh6414 3 роки тому

    great vid man