Basically my problem is this: I have a CSV excel file with info on Southpark characters and I and I have an HTML template and what I have to do is take the data by rows (stored in lists) for each character and using the HTML template given implement that data to create 5 seperate HTML pages with the characters last names.
Here is an image of the CSV file: i.imgur.com/rcIPW.png
This is what I have so far:
askfile = raw_input("What is the filename?")
southpark = []
filename = open(askfile, 'rU')
for row in filename:
print row[0:105]
filename.close()
The above prints out all the info on the IDLE shell in five rows but I have to find a way to separate each row AND column and store it into a list (which I don't know how to do). It's pretty rudimentary code I know I'm trying to figure out a way to store the rows and columns first, then I will have to use a function (def) to first assign the data to the HTML template and then create an HTML file from that data/template..and I'm so far a noob I tried searching through the net but I just don't understand the stuff.
I am not allowed to use any downloadable modules but I can use things built in Python like import csv or whatnot, but really its supposed to be written with a couple functions, list, strings, and loops..
Once I figure out how to separate the rows and columns and store them then I can work on implementing into HTML template and creating the file.
I'm not trying to have my HW done for me it's just that I pretty much suck at programming so any help is appreciated!
BTW I am using Python 2.7.2 and if you want to DL the CSV file click here.
UPDATE:
Okay, thanks a lot! That helped me understand what each row was printing and what info is being read by the program. Now since I have to use functions in this program somehow this is what I was thinking.
Each row (0-6) prints out separate values, but just the print row function prints out one character and all his corresponding values which is what I need. What I want is to print out data like "print row" would but I have to store each of those 5 characters in a separate list.
Basically "print row" prints out all 5 characters with each of their corresponding attributes, how can I split each of them into 5 variables and store them as a list?
When I do print row[0] it only prints out the names, or print row1 only prints the DOB. I was thinking of creating a def function that takes only print "row" and splits into 5 variables in a loop and then another def function takes those variables/lists of data and combines them with the HTML template, and at the end I have to figure out how to create HTML files in Python..
Sorry if I sound confusing just trying to make sense of it all. This is my code right now it gives an error that there are too many values to unpack but I am just trying to fiddle around and try different things and see if they work. Based on what I wanted to do above I will probably have to delete all most of this code and find a way to rewrite it with list type functions like .append or .strip, etc which I am not very familiar with..
import csv
original = file('southpark.csv', 'rU')
reader = csv.reader(original)
# List of Data
name, dob, descript, phrase, personality, character, apparel = []
count = 0
def southparkinfo():
for row in reader:
count += 1
if count == 0:
row[0] = name
print row[0] # Name (ex. Stan Marsh)
print "----------------"
elif count == 1:
row[1] = dob
print row[1] # DOB
print "----------------"
elif count == 2:
row[2] = descript
print row[2] # Descriptive saying (ex. Respect My Authoritah!)
print "----------------"
elif count == 3:
row[3] = phrase
print row[3] # Catch Phrase (ex. Mooom!)
print "----------------"
elif count == 4:
row[4] = personality
print row[4] # Personality (ex. Jewish)
print "----------------"
elif count == 5:
row[5] = character
print row[5] # Characteristic (ex. Politically incorrect)
print "----------------"
elif count == 6:
row[6] = apparel
print row[6] # Apparel (ex. red gloves)
return
reader.close()
