From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-09-21T06:50:53+09:00
Subject: Re: update a field in CSV file using fastercsv

On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Li Chen wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> On Sep 19, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Li Chen wrote:
>>
>>> Is it posssible to update a field  of CSV file using Fastercsv?  For
>>> example:
>>> change a row [1,2,3,4] to [10,2,3,4].
>>
>> Sure.  You would do this as you would change any file.  Here are the
>> steps:
>>
>> 1.  Open the existing data for reading
>> 2.  Open a different file for writing
>> 3.  Copy over the content making changes as needed
>> 4.  Rename the new file to replace the old file
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>
> Hi James,
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> One more question: Is this the same idea behind what we do with 'save'
> or 'save as' in microsofte WORD or EXCEL?

I'm not sure I completely understand this question.  It is similar to  
how most programs save data though, minus some complications.

James Edward Gray II