Hello I was hoping someone could help me with my college coursework, I have an issue with my code. I keep running into a memory error with my data export.
Is there any way I can reduce the memory that is being used or is there a different approach I can take?
For the course work I am given a file of 300 records about customer orders from a CSV file and then I have to export the Friday records to a new CSV file. Also I am required to print the most popular method for customer's orders and the total money raised from the orders but I have an easy plan for that.
This is my first time working with CSV so I'm not sure how to do it. When I run the program it tends to crash instantly or stop responding. Once it appeared with 'MEMORY ERROR' however that is all it appeared with. I'm using a college provided computer so I am not sure on the exact specs but I know it runs 4GB of memory.
defining count occurences predefined function
def countOccurences(target,array):
counter = 0
for element in array:
if element == target:
counter= counter + 1
print counter
return counter
creating user defined functions for the program dataInput function used for collecting data from provided file
def dataInput():
import csv
recordArray = []
customerArray = []
f = open('E:\Portable Python 2.7.6.1\Choral Shield Data File(CSV).csv')
csv_f = csv.reader(f)
for row in csv_f:
customerArray.append(row[0])
ticketID = row[1]
day, area = datasplit(ticketID)
customerArray.append(day)
customerArray.append(area)
customerArray.append(row[2])
customerArray.append(row[3])
recordArray.append(customerArray)
f.close
return recordArray
def datasplit(variable):
day = variable[0]
area = variable[1]
return day,area
def dataProcessing(recordArray):
methodArray = []
wed_thursCost = 5
friCost = 10
record = 0
while record < 300:
method = recordArray[record][4]
methodArray.append(method)
record = record+1
school = countOccurences('S',methodArray)
website = countOccurences('W',methodArray)
if school > website:
school = True
elif school < website:
website = True
dayArray = []
record = 0
while record < 300:
day = recordArray[record][1]
dayArray.append(day)
record = record + 1
fridays = countOccurences('F',dayArray)
wednesdays = countOccurences('W',dayArray)
thursdays = countOccurences('T', dayArray)
totalFriCost = fridays * friCost
totalWedCost = wednesdays * wed_thursCost
totalThurCost = thursdays * wed_thursCost
totalCost = totalFriCost + totalWedCost + totalThurCost
return totalCost,school,website
My first attempt to writing to a csv file
def dataExport(recordArray):
import csv
fridayRecords = []
record = 0
customerIDArray = []
ticketIDArray = []
numberArray = []
methodArray = []
record = 0
while record < 300:
if recordArray[record][1] == 'F':
fridayRecords.append(recordArray[record])
record = record + 1
with open('\Courswork output.csv',"wb") as f:
writer = csv.writer(f)
for record in fridayRecords:
writer.writerows(fridayRecords)
f.close
My second attempt at writing to the CSV file
def write_file(recordArray): # write selected records to a new csv file
CustomerID = []
TicketID = []
Number = []
Method = []
counter = 0
while counter < 300:
if recordArray[counter][2] == 'F':
CustomerID.append(recordArray[counter][0])
TicketID.append(recordArray[counter][1]+recordArray[counter[2]])
Number.append(recordArray[counter][3])
Method.append(recordArray[counter][4])
fridayRecords = [] # a list to contain the lists before writing to file
for x in range(len(CustomerID)):
one_record = CustomerID[x],TicketID[x],Number[x],Method[x]
fridayRecords.append(one_record)
#open file for writing
with open("sample_output.csv", "wb") as f:
#create the csv writer object
writer = csv.writer(f)
#write one row (item) of data at a time
writer.writerows(recordArray)
f.close
counter = counter + 1
#Main Program
recordArray = dataInput()
totalCost,school,website = dataProcessing(recordArray)
write_file(recordArray)
with open()to automatically close the file or usef.close()(with brackets). And the first function (countOccurences) is redundant. If the array is a list, you can use thelist.countmethod