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

Note that if you use DictWriter, you will have a new line from the open function and a new line from the writerow function. You can use newline='' within the open function to remove the extra newline.