On Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:52:54 UTC+1, Ian wrote: > 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.
Thanks for your help Ian. I'm a beginner right now, could you instruct me as to how I would create a set? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list