CSV in Python adding an extra carriage return, on Windows

Question

import csv
outfile = file(\'test.csv\', \'w\')
writer = csv.writer(outfile, delimiter=\',\', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
writer.writerow([\'hi\',\'dude\'])
writer.wri         


        

Answer 1

You have to add attribute newline="\n" to open function like this:

with open('file.csv','w',newline="\n") as out:
    csv_out = csv.writer(out, delimiter =';')