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When and why should you suppress the EOL translation in csv file handling ?

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We may need to suppress the end-of-line (EOL) translation in CSV file handling in Python in specific situations where precise control over line endings is necessary. Different operating systems utilize different conventions for representing line endings in text files. For instance, Windows uses \r\n (carriage return + line feed), Unix-based systems (Linux, macOS) use \n (line feed), and classic Mac OS used \r (carriage return). When reading or writing CSV files intended for compatibility across multiple platforms, suppressing EOL translation ensures that line endings are preserved exactly as they are, without automatic conversion to the platform-specific convention. To suppress EOL translation in CSV file handling in Python, we can use the newline='' parameter when opening the file with the open() function. This parameter instructs Python to suppress EOL translation and preserve the original line endings in the file.

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