Python - csv file is empty after using csv writer

Question

Python newbie here. I was trying to troubleshoot an issue with writing a csv file in a larger program and decided to go back to basics to try to find the problem.

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Answer 1

This is a bit late to the party, but a solution I have yet to see outside of a single comment is using with and as. In this case, it may look like:

import csv     
with csv.writer(open('eggs.csv', 'w'), delimiter=' ', quotechar='|') as spamWriter:   
    spamWriter.writerow(['Spam'] * 5 + ['Baked Beans'])
    spamWriter.writerow(['Spam', 'Lovely Spam', 'Wonderful Spam'])

I've used this in the past with no problems.