Thanks guys! Tested, seems working. CSV file: --------- "a.a","sn-01" "b.b","sn-02" "c.c","sn-03" "d.d","sn-04" "e.e","sn-05" "f.f","sn-06" "g.g","sn-07" "h.h","sn-08" "i.i","sn-09" "a.a","sn-10" "k.k","sn-02" "i.i","sn-09"
Source: --------- #!/usr/bin/env python import csv unqs = [] dups = [] seen_in_field0 = set() seen_in_field1 = set() reader = csv.reader(open("myfile.csv", "rb")) print "\nOriginals:\n" for row in reader: print row if row[0] in seen_in_field0 or row[1] in seen_in_field1: dups.append(row) else: seen_in_field0.add(row[0]) seen_in_field1.add(row[1]) unqs.append(row) print "\nUniques:\n" for row in unqs: print row print "\nDuplicates:\n" for row in dups: print row print "\n" Result: --------- Originals: ['a.a', 'sn-01'] ['b.b', 'sn-02'] ['c.c', 'sn-03'] ['d.d', 'sn-04'] ['e.e', 'sn-05'] ['f.f', 'sn-06'] ['g.g', 'sn-07'] ['h.h', 'sn-08'] ['i.i', 'sn-09'] ['a.a', 'sn-10'] ['k.k', 'sn-02'] ['i.i', 'sn-09'] Uniques: ['a.a', 'sn-01'] ['b.b', 'sn-02'] ['c.c', 'sn-03'] ['d.d', 'sn-04'] ['e.e', 'sn-05'] ['f.f', 'sn-06'] ['g.g', 'sn-07'] ['h.h', 'sn-08'] ['i.i', 'sn-09'] Duplicates: ['a.a', 'sn-10'] ['k.k', 'sn-02'] ['i.i', 'sn-09'] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list