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Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns

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On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:12:21 AM UTC+5:30, Bryan Britten wrote:
> Hey, gang, I've got a problem here that I'm sure a handful of you will know how to solve. I've got about 6 *.csv files that I am trying to open; change the header names (to get rid of spaces); add two new columns, which are just the results of a string.split() command; drop the column I just split; and then finally export to *.txt files. Here's the code I'm using:

Its generally a good idea in programming to separate separable problems. Since you say:

> The issue I'm having is that the *.txt files I'm generating are empty. I 
> assume some unraised error is being thrown, but I'm new to Python and am self 
> taught, so I don't know where to look or how to troubleshoot.

> When I run the code on just one file and print the output instead of writing 
> it, it looks exactly like what I'd want. So I'm at a loss for where the 
> problem is. 

you should probably write and have checked the code that handles one file. For example a function that takes as parameters the two: the input/output files (maybe names or handles), and then
- check that that function works for one file
- call it in your loop

[BTW your code seems to mixup the variable-names for file-names and handles]

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*.csv to *.txt after adding columns Bryan Britten <britten.bryan@gmail.com> - 2013-09-17 18:42 -0700
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-09-18 02:18 +0000
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Bryan Britten <britten.bryan@gmail.com> - 2013-09-17 19:28 -0700
    Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-09-18 07:55 +0000
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-09-18 09:14 +0200
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 00:44 -0700
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Bryan Britten <britten.bryan@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 04:42 -0700
  Re: *.csv to *.txt after adding columns Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-09-18 18:47 -0400

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