How two merge several .csv files horizontally with python?

Question

I\'ve several .csv files (~10) and need to merge them together into a single file horizontally. Each file has the same number of rows (~300) and 4 header lines which are not

Answer 1

Purely for learning purposes

A simple approach that does not take advantage of csv module:

# open file to write
file_to_write = open(filename, 'w')
# your list of csv files
csv_files = [file1, file2, ...] 

headers = True
# iterate through your list
for filex in csv_files:
    # mark the lines that are header lines
    header_count = 0
    # open the csv file and read line by line
    filex_f = open(filex, 'r')
    for line in filex_f:
        # write header only once
        if headers:
            file_to_write.write(line+"\n")
            if header_count > 3: headers = False
        # Write all other lines to the file
        if header_count > 3:
            file_to_write.write(line+"\n")
        # count lines
        header_count = header_count + 1
    # close file
    filex_f.close()
file_to_write.close()