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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jeffself
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:11 PM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: How can I use quotes without escaping them using CSV?
>
>
> If I put an escape character in, it works. For example, if I use ~ as
> my escape character, my output looks like this:
> 0001[tab]Michael L. ~"Mick~" Jones[tab]189
>
> I don't want that. If I don't include an escape character, it doesn't
> work.
>
>
> Here's my code:
> import sys
> import csv
> from readexcel import *
>
> f = open("results.txt", 'wb')
> book = sys.argv[1]
> sheet = sys.argv[2]
>
> xl = readexcel(book)
> sheetnames = xl.worksheets()
>
> for s in sheetnames:
> if s == sheet:
> writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter='\t', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
> for row in xl.getiter(s):
>
>
writer.writerow((row['Precinct'],row['Candidate'],unicode(int(row['Vote
> s']))))
> f.close()
>
The documentation is pretty, uhm, obtuse, but you also need to set
quotechar.
import sys
import csv
names = ['Michael L. "Mick" Jones', 'Vickie A. Meyers', 'John "Jack"
Smith']
writer = csv.writer(sys.stdout, delimiter='\t', quotechar='',
quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
for i in names:
writer.writerow(['a', i, 'b'])
output:
a Michael L. "Mick" Jones b
a Vickie A. Meyers b
a John "Jack" Smith b
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