How can i save a pandas dataframe to csv in overwrite mode?

Question

I want to save pandas dataframe to csv in overwrite mode. I want that whenever the program will run again with any changes then it should save the dataframe to csv and overwrite the already saved csv file at the location.

Answer 1

I think you can do:

df.to_csv('file_name.csv',mode='w+' )

Form more info goto documentation

Answer 2

Python knows different file modes, among those w stands for

Opens a file for writing only. Overwrites the file if the file exists. If the file does not exist, creates a new file for writing.

Because w is the default for the mode in to_csv()

df.to_csv('file_name')

or be explicit (if needed):

df.to_csv('file_name', mode='w')

Answer 3

This should overwrite the file by default:

df.to_csv("filename")

Answer 4

There are many ways you can do that .

1. This replaces file everytime you run the script.

    dataframe.to_csv(r"C:\....\notebooks\file.csv")
   

2. This method first opens the files ,gives you options of reading(r) , appending(ab) or writing .

import csv

with open ('file.csv','w') as f:
    wtr = csv.writer(f)