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12.20.5 Examples</A>
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The ``Hello, world'' of csv reading is

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import csv
reader = csv.reader(open("some.csv", "rb"))
for row in reader:
    print row
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To print just the first and last columns of each row try

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import csv
reader = csv.reader(open("some.csv", "rb"))
for row in reader:
    print row[0], row[-1]
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The corresponding simplest possible writing example is

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import csv
writer = csv.writer(open("some.csv", "wb"))
for row in someiterable:
    writer.writerow(row)
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