On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis <gerhardus.geldenh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > Appologies about the subject I could not think of a better description. > > I have this very simple function: > > def readcsvfile(filename): > f = open(filename, 'ro') > csvdata = csv.DictReader(f) > for row in csvdata: > print row["column3"]+','+row["column1"] > > I have another inputfile that will be comma separated list of values. > Eg: > column3,column4,column10 > > The idea is that I use this inputfile to tranform the original csv file. I > thus want a new file with only the specified columns. I am sure there is an > elegant way of doing this but I am not sure how to convert my print > statement into something more dynamic. Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Regards > > -- > Gerhardus Geldenhuis > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
So you want to take 'column1' and get back 1?, 'column10' and get back 10? s = 'column1' i = int(s[6:]) This will only work if your strings all start with the text 'column' -- Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
