What about to let SQL to work for you.
HTH
Petr Jakes
Tested on Python 2.5.1
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sqlite3
con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
cur = con.cursor()
inputData=(
('Bob', 'Morn', 240),
('Bob', 'Aft', 300),
('Joe', 'Morn', 70),
('Joe', 'Aft', 80),
('Jil', 'Morn', 100),
('Jil', 'Aft', 150),
('Jil', 'Aft', 150),
('Jil', 'Aft', 150))
def data_generator(dataSet):
for dataSetRow in dataSet:
yield dataSetRow
pivotSelect='''
SELECT
NAME,
sum (AMOUNT) as TOTAL,
sum (case when (TIME_OF_DAY) = 'Morn' then AMOUNT else 0 END) as
MORN,
sum (case when (TIME_OF_DAY) = 'Aft' then AMOUNT else 0 END) as AFT
FROM MY_NAMES
GROUP BY 1'''
cur.execute("create table MY_NAMES(NAME, TIME_OF_DAY, AMOUNT)")
cur.executemany("""insert into MY_NAMES(NAME, TIME_OF_DAY, AMOUNT)
values (?,?,?)""", data_generator(inputData))
cur.execute(pivotSelect)
for row in cur.fetchall():
print row
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