initial creation

py3interm/ANSWERS/save_potus_info.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+
+@author: jstrick
+Created on Wed Mar 20 23:34:17 2013
+
+"""
+import csv
+import pickle
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+fields = 'term firstname lastname birthplace birthstate party'
+President = namedtuple('President', fields)
+
+presidents = []
+with open('../DATA/presidents.csv') as presidents_in:
+    rdr = csv.reader(presidents_in)
+    for row in rdr:
+        president = President(*row)
+        presidents.append(president)
+
+p = presidents[15]
+print(p.firstname, p.lastname, p.party)
+
+with open('potus.pic','wb') as POTUS:
+    pickle.dump(presidents,POTUS)