[FIXED] How to write list which contains comma in csv file using python?

Issue

List contains below data,

['Obama', 'John Barta', 'IN, 33, 33', '444', '']

I am trying to write this data into a csv file using below code,

with open(output_file, 'w') as writeFile:
    writer = csv.writer(writeFile, delimiter=',', quotechar="'", quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
    writer.writerow(colValues)

But getting below output in csv file,

"Obama","John Barta",'"IN, 33, 33"',"444",""

I don't want single quote between '"IN, 33, 33"'.

Desired output:

"Obama","John Barta","IN, 33, 33","444",""

Solution

From your sample output, it looks like you want to quote all fields. So the straightforward way to do it would be with:

writer = csv.writer(writeFile, delimiter=',',
               quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)

I also changed quotechar to be a double quote, since that's in your sample output also.

Answered By - Win

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (PHPFixing Admin)