<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/python
import csv
import re
import sys
import gdata.docs.service
#string_1 = ('OneTouch AT')
#string_2 = ('LinkRunner AT')
#string_3 = ('AirCheck')
searched = ['aircheck', 'linkrunner at', 'onetouch at']
def find_group(row):
"""Return the group index of a row
0 if the row contains searched[0]
1 if the row contains searched[1]
etc
-1 if not found
"""
for col in row:
col = col.lower()
for j, s in enumerate(searched):
if s in col:
return j
return -1
def does_match(string):
stringl = string.lower()
return any(s in stringl for s in searched)
#Opens Input file for read and output file to write.
inFile = open('data.csv', "rb")
reader = csv.reader(inFile)
outFile = open('data2.csv', "wb")
writer = csv.writer(outFile, delimiter='\t', quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)
#for row in reader:
# found = False
# for col in row:
# if col in [string_1, string_2, string_3] and not found:
# writer.writerow(row)
# found = True
"""Built a list of items to sort. If row 12 contains 'LinkRunner AT' (group 1),
one stores a triple (1, 12, row)
When the triples are sorted later, all rows in group 0 will come first, then
all rows in group 1, etc.
"""
stored = []
for i, row in enumerate(reader):
g = find_group(row)
if g >= 0:
stored.append((g, i, row))
stored.sort()
for g, i, row in stored:
writer.writerow(tuple(row[k] for k in (0,2))) # output col 1 & 5
#for row in reader:
# if any(does_match(col) for col in row):
# writer.writerow(row[:2]) # write only 2 first columns
# Closing Input and Output files.
inFile.close()
outFile.close()
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