thanks a lot. im able to sort the list now. (the version im using is 2.5.1 - i used the 'lambda' functionality)...

hey thanks for ur reply. i used the logic which KaezarRex said. could you see prev post and tell me your suggestion...

Hey i used this code and i was able to remove the duplicate entries. thanks. actually this csv file is generated by a java code. if the code is modified, the output should remain the same. to acheive this i found that the files should be sorted in some order to compare(since the rows are selected by the java code randomly). could you tell me how to sort the contents for ex. priority: Column 5, Column 8, Column1. is it possible to sort the newrows...

I m a beginner to python. Could you tell me how should i proceed to remove duplicate rows in a csv file