py

def write_data_to_csv(data):
	"""
	Write the previously generate data to a csv file.
	"""
	time_string = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%h%d_%H%M')
	csv_name = f'{time_string}_for_spss-import.sim.csv'

	with open(csv_name, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as csvfile:
		# CSV writer instance
		writer = csv.writer(csvfile, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC,
									 delimiter=';',
									 quotechar='"')

		# headline with column names
		writer.writerow(col_names)
		print(f'Number of fields in headline: {len(col_names)}')
		print(f'Number of cases: {len(data)}')
		
		#writer.writerows(data)
		for d in data:
			print(f'{len(d)}: {d}')
			writer.writerow(d)
		
		print(f'Data written to {csv_name} and simulation.csv.')
		
		shutil.copy(csv_name, 'simulation.csv')