[Tutor] mapping list appends to correct position for csv output

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Tue Nov 13 12:42:36 CET 2012


On 13/11/12 09:50, Norman Khine wrote:

> also which is more efficient:
>
> c.writerow(adm_product) # writing the product to the csv when all the
> fileds are found
>
> or
>
> products = [] # adding them to a list first and then writing them to the csv
> products.append(adm_product)
> c.writerow(x) for x in products

Don't guess, measure. Write a small test and compare.
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