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Re: how to compare two fields in python

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Date Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:53:40 -0400
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, upendra kumar Devisetty <
upendrakumar.devisetty@googlemail.com> wrote:

> I have a very basic question in python. I want to go through each line of
> the a csv file and compare to see if the first field of line 1 is same as
> first field of next line and so on. If it finds a match then i would like
> to put that field in an object1 else put that field in a different object2.
> Finally i would like to count how many of the fields in object1 vs object2.
> Can this be done in python? Here is a small example.
>
> BRM_1   679 1929
> BRM_1   203 567
> BRM_2   367 1308
> BRM_3   435 509
> As you can see field1 of line1 is same as field2 of line2 and so that
> field BRM_1 should be place in object1 and BRM_2 and BRM_3 should be placed
> in object2. So the final numbers of object1 is 1 and object2 is 2.
>
>
You should study the csv module.

> Thanks in advance..
>
> Upendra
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how to compare two fields in python upendra kumar Devisetty <upendrakumar.devisetty@googlemail.com> - 2013-04-30 10:41 -0700
  Re: how to compare two fields in python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-04-30 13:53 -0400
  Re: how to compare two fields in python Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-04-30 19:08 +0100
  Re: how to compare two fields in python Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-30 13:19 -0500
    Re: how to compare two fields in python upendra kumar Devisetty <upendrakumar.devisetty@googlemail.com> - 2013-04-30 11:22 -0700
      Re: how to compare two fields in python Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-04-30 19:42 +0100
  Re: how to compare two fields in python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-04-30 19:54 -0400

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