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Assignment4.py
import csv
def retrieveData(file_name_str, list_of_nominees) :
csvReader = csv.reader(open(file_name_str))
electtionResultsList = list(csvReader)
calculatedVotes = []
for nomineeName in list_of_nominees:
for i in range(len(electtionResultsList[0])):
if (electtionResultsList[0][i] == nomineeName ) :
for j in range(1, len(electtionResultsList)):
calculatedVotes.append(electtionResultsList[j][i])
i = 0
return calculatedVotes
print(retrieveData("ElectionUSA2012.csv", ["Obama","Romney","Johnson","Stein"]))
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