Getting specific line and value with Python DictReader

Question

I have a csv file and am trying to get one specific value on, say, line 20, column 3.

But so far, all I managed is to display all values on column 3 (here c

Answer 1

Skipping ahead to the desired line, just as in the other answer, but with slicing on the CSV-reading iterator instead of a manual loop:

import csv, itertools
rownum = 20
colname = "name"
line = itertools.islice(d, rownum - 1, rownum).next()
score = line[colname]

(Not the most beautiful code, I know, but that's just to illustrate the point.)