[Tutor] Adding to a CSV file?

[Greg Bair]

On 08/29/2010 02:12 PM, aeneas24 at priest.com wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm learning Python so I can take advantage of the really cool stuff in the Natural Language Toolkit. But I'm having problems with some basic file manipulation stuff.
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> My basic question: How do I read data in from a csv, manipulate it, and then add it back to the csv in new columns (keeping the manipulated data in the "right row")?
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> Here's an example of what my data looks like ("test-8-29-10.csv"):

Python has a great module in the standard library - csv.  It's really
easy to use.

http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html

Greg