Reading rows from a CSV file in Python

Question

I have a CSV file, here is a sample of what it looks like:

Year:  Dec: Jan:
1      50   60
2      25   50
3      30   30
4      40   20
5      10   10
         


        

Answer 1

#  This program reads columns in a csv file
import csv
ifile = open('years.csv', "r")
reader = csv.reader(ifile)

# initialization and declaration of variables
rownum = 0
year = 0
dec = 0
jan = 0
total_years = 0`

for row in reader:
    if rownum == 0:
        header = row  #work with header row if you like
    else:
    colnum = 0
    for col in row:
        if colnum == 0:
            year = float(col)
        if colnum == 1:
            dec = float(col)
        if colnum == 2:
            jan = float(col)
        colnum += 1
    # end of if structure

# now we can process results
if rownum != 0:
    print(year, dec, jan)
    total_years = total_years + year
    print(total_years)

# time to go after the next row/bar
rownum += 1

ifile.close()

A bit late but nonetheless... You need to create and identify the csv file named "years.csv":

Year Dec Jan 1 50 60 2 25 50 3 30 30 4 40 20 5 10 10