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How do you split a csv file into evenly sized chunks in Python?
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# import csv | |
# reader = csv.reader(open('4956984.csv', 'rb')) | |
def gen_chunks(reader, chunksize=100): | |
""" | |
Chunk generator. Take a CSV `reader` and yield | |
`chunksize` sized slices. | |
""" | |
chunk = [] | |
for index, line in enumerate(reader): | |
if (index % chunksize == 0 and index > 0): | |
yield chunk | |
del chunk[:] | |
chunk.append(line) | |
yield chunk | |
import sys | |
print sys.version | |
for chunk in gen_chunks(range(10), chunksize=3): | |
print chunk # process chuck | |
# $ python 4956984.py | |
# 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:25) | |
# [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] | |
# [0, 1, 2] | |
# [3, 4, 5] | |
# [6, 7, 8] | |
# [9] |
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This is a godsend for parallelizing .csv processing tasks - it works seamlessly with multiprocessing.Pool - thank you!