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def create_master_turnstile_file(filenames, output_file): | |
''' | |
Write a function that takes the files in the list filenames, which all have the | |
columns 'C/A, UNIT, SCP, DATEn, TIMEn, DESCn, ENTRIESn, EXITSn', and consolidates | |
them into one file located at output_file. There should be ONE row with the column | |
headers, located at the top of the file. The input files do not have column header | |
rows of their own. | |
For example, if file_1 has: | |
'C/A, UNIT, SCP, DATEn, TIMEn, DESCn, ENTRIESn, EXITSn' | |
line 1 ... | |
line 2 ... | |
and another file, file_2 has: | |
'C/A, UNIT, SCP, DATEn, TIMEn, DESCn, ENTRIESn, EXITSn' | |
line 3 ... | |
line 4 ... | |
line 5 ... | |
We need to combine file_1 and file_2 into a master_file like below: | |
'C/A, UNIT, SCP, DATEn, TIMEn, DESCn, ENTRIESn, EXITSn' | |
line 1 ... | |
line 2 ... | |
line 3 ... | |
line 4 ... | |
line 5 ... | |
''' | |
with open(output_file, 'w') as master_file: | |
master_file.write('C/A,UNIT,SCP,DATEn,TIMEn,DESCn,ENTRIESn,EXITSn\n') | |
for filename in filenames: | |
# your code here | |
with open(filename, 'r') as f_read: | |
for row in f_read: | |
master_file.write(row) |
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