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Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa

Date 2013-06-18 12:14 +0200
From Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa
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alonnirs@gmail.com wrote:
>and when I run it I get an invalid syntex error and (as a true newbie
>I used a GUI)in_a_not_b is highlighted in the with open("inAnotB.csv",
>"wb") as f: 
>    writer = csv.writer(f) 
>    writer.writerows([item] for item in_a_not_b)
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The syntax for the for-clause in a comprehension is

for x in something

thus you are missing the "in" keyword:

writer.writerows([item] for item in in_a_not_b)

Bye, Andreas

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Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa Alan Newbie <alonnirs@gmail.com> - 2013-06-18 01:01 -0700
  Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-18 10:39 +0200
    Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa alonnirs@gmail.com - 2013-06-18 02:01 -0700
      Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2013-06-18 12:14 +0200
        Re: Help me with the script? How to find items in csv file A and not in file B and vice versa Alan Newbie <alonnirs@gmail.com> - 2013-06-18 03:48 -0700

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