textscribe 0.0.7

Easily Structuring Data

CSV and TXT Writer Library

This library provides functionality for writing data to CSV and TXT files.

Functions

write_to_csv(data, filename, labels='None')

This function takes two lists and adds them to a CSV file line by line.

If you choose to add labels, it will add data based on how many label rows there are.

• data: Multidimensional list of data for each line.
• labels: List of labels for each row (optional).
• filename: Name of file.

write_to_txt(data, filename, labels='None', char_separator='None')

This function takes two lists and adds them to a TXT file line by line.

If you choose to add labels, it will add data based on how many label rows there are.

If you choose to add a character separator instead of the default ,, it will add that character in between elements.

• data: Multidimensional list of data for each line.
• labels: List of labels for each row (optional).
• filename: Name of file.
• char_separator: Character separator (optional).

Example Usage

from textscribe import scribe

# Example 1: Writing to a CSV file with labels
labels = ['Name', 'Age', 'City']
data = [['John', 25, 'New York'], ['Jane', 30, 'Los Angeles']]
filename = 'example.csv'
scribe.write_to_csv(data, filename, labels=labels)

# Example 2: Writing to a TXT file with labels and a custom separator
labels = ['Name', 'Age', 'City']
data = [['John', 25, 'New York'], ['Jane', 30, 'Los Angeles']]
filename = 'example.txt'
scribe.write_to_txt(data, filename, labels=labels, char_separator='/')

extract_data_by_label_csv

This function extracts data from a CSV file under a specified label.

def extract_data_by_label_csv(file_name, label):

Args

• file_name (str): The name of the CSV file to read.
• label (str): The label to look for in the CSV file.

Returns

• list: A list containing all the data under the given label.

Raises

• ValueError: If the label is not found in the CSV file.
• Exception: If the file name is not a .csv file.

extract_data_by_label_txt

This function extracts data from a TXT file under a specified label.

def extract_data_by_label_txt(file_name, label, delimiter=','):

Args

• file_name (str): The name of the TXT file to read.
• label (str): The label to look for in the TXT file.
• delimiter (str): The character used to separate elements in the TXT file. Default is ','.

Returns

• list: A list containing all the data under the given label.

Raises

• ValueError: If the label is not found in the TXT file.
• Exception: If the file name is not a .txt file.