Writing Python lists to columns in csv

Question

I have 5 lists, all of the same length, and I'd like to write them to 5 columns in a CSV. So far, I can only write one to a column with this code:

with open('test.csv', 'wb') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    for val in test_list:
        writer.writerow([val])

If I add another for loop, it just writes that list to the same column. Anyone know a good way to get five separate columns?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17704244/writing-python-lists-to-columns-in-csv

Answer 1

change them to rows

rows = zip(list1,list2,list3,list4,list5)

then just

import csv

with open(newfilePath, "w") as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    for row in rows:
        writer.writerow(row)