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How can the code be rerun when a new string is detected after an empty cell in the first column of a specific set of CSV rows?

asked 2023-06-06 17:00:23 +0000

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answered 2023-06-06 17:03:03 +0000

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One possible solution could be to loop through the rows of the CSV file and set a flag variable to True when an empty cell is detected in the first column of a specific set of rows. Then, when a new string is detected in the first column, check if the flag variable is True and if it is, rerun the code.

Here's some sample code to illustrate this approach:

import csv

# Set the specific set of rows to monitor
start_row = 2
end_row = 5

# Open the CSV file and loop through the rows
with open('file.csv', 'r') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    flag = False
    for i, row in enumerate(reader):
        if i >= start_row and i <= end_row:
            if not row[0]:  # empty cell in the first column
                flag = True
            elif flag:  # new string detected after empty cell
                # rerun the code here
                flag = False  # reset the flag
        # do other processing for the row

In this example, the code will monitor rows 2 to 5 for empty cells in the first column. If an empty cell is detected, the flag variable will be set to True. When a new string is detected after an empty cell, the code inside the if flag: block will be executed, and the flag will be reset to False. This allows the code to be rerun for the specific set of rows whenever a new string is detected after an empty cell.

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