Filtering a CSV file using Python

[rahulroshan]

Hi I have a CSV file with column headings as [Serial Number,Reader Name,Book name,Author,Publisher]
I want

1)To filter all books with Book name :'Aristotle'
2)to remove duplicates in books with same author name ie.Different Publishers
3)To take a sample of 30 books for Each Reader and copy it to a new csv file with column headings [Reader Name,Book NAME ,Author]

Plz help me :)

[woooee]

See the Read This Before Posting thread, especially the last paragraph. For tutorials, the Python wiki has links http://wiki.python.org/moin/ This link addresses asking for help with your homework (the "books" problem has been posted many times) http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post3625.html#post3625

[rahulroshan]

Atleast the code to filter the colum from csv file ,since im novice to python,plz help .