test

sparsify_tsv.py

import csv


with open('BSE2.tsv', newline='') as tsvfile:
    spamreader = csv.reader(tsvfile, delimiter='\t')
    labels = next(spamreader)
    print(labels)

    with open('BSE3.tsv', 'w') as out_file:
        out_file.write("\t".join(labels) + "\n")
        previous = []
        for idx, row in enumerate(spamreader):
            time = row[0]
            values = row[1:]
            if previous == values:
                previous = values
                continue
            previous = values
            line = time + "\t" + "\t".join(values)
            print(line)
            out_file.write(line + "\n")