Python: Count the number of lines in a given CSV file
Python module: Exercise-2 with Solution
Write a Python program to count the number of lines in a given CSV file. Use csv.reader
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
import csv reader = csv.reader(open("employees.csv")) no_lines= len(list(reader)) print(no_lines)
Sample Output:
52Step1 - Open the CSV file using the open("employees.csv").
Step2 - Create a CSV reader by calling the function csv.reader(reader) as the result of the previous step.
Step3 - Get a list representation of the CSV file by calling list(reader) of the previous step.
Step4 - Count the number of lines in the CSV file with len(list(reader)).
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