On 2016-04-26 21:07, Adam Davis wrote:
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?
Create a set:
the_set = set()
Add an item to a set:
the_set.add(item)
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