On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Joaquin Alzola <joaquin.alz...@lebara.com> wrote: > Just an example. Didn't use the csv but just hope that it helps. > > name=[] > name_exist="Dop" > > with open("dop.csv") as f: > for line in f: > line_split=line.split(',') > name.append(line_strip[0]) > if name_exist in name: > print "found name " + name_exist + " Can not append" > else: > file = open("dop.csv",'a') > print "No name found" > file.write(name_exist) > file.close()
Except that as noted elsewhere in the thread a set would be a better choice than a list, since checking membership is much faster on a set. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list