Csv Writer - Trying to write variable in each Column

Question

iam trying to write some data in a csv file but i cant select different columns..

car=["car 11"]
finish=["Landhaus , Nord"]
time=["['05:36']", "['06:06']", "['06:36']", "['07:06']", "['07:36']", "['08:06']", "['08:36']", "['09:06']", "['09:36']", "['10:06']", "['10:36']", "['11:06']", "['11:36']", "['12:06']", "['12:36']", "['13:06']", "['13:36']", "['14:06']", "['14:36']", "['15:06']", "['15:36']", "['16:06']", "['16:36']", "['17:06']", "['17:36']", "['18:06']", "['18:36']", "['19:06']", "['19:36']", "['20:06']", "['20:36']"]<br/>
myfile = open("Informationen.csv", "wb")
writer = csv.writer(myfile,dialect='excel',delimiter=' ')
bla =[car,finish,time]
writer.writerow(bla)

Output:

car 11 Landhaus , Nord "['05:36']", "['06:06']", [..]

All in 1 row and Colum 1

But i want it like this

car 11 (in row 1 Colum 1) | "Landhaus , Nord" (in row 1 Column 2) | ['05:36'] (in Line 1 Column 3 ) | ['06:06'] (in row 1 Column 4 ) till Column n

Thanks for any help !

Edit
1more example how it should look like
Line 1: car 11 (column 1) Landhaus, Nord (column 2) ['05:36'] (column 3) ['05:36'] (column 4) [...] example http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4964/unbenanntvilw.png

Solution so far: but got still problems with time list

car=["car 11"]
trenn=[';']
finish=['Landhaus , Nord']
time=["['05:36']", "['06:06']", "['06:36']", "['07:06']", "['07:36']", "['08:06']", "['08:36']", "['09:06']", "['09:36']", "['10:06']", "['10:36']", "['11:06']", "['11:36']", "['12:06']", "['12:36']", "['13:06']", "['13:36']", "['14:06']", "['14:36']", "['15:06']", "['15:36']", "['16:06']", "['16:36']", "['17:06']", "['17:36']", "['18:06']", "['18:36']", "['19:06']", "['19:36']", "['20:06']", "['20:36']"]
myfile = open("Informationen2.csv", "wb")
writer = csv.writer(myfile,delimiter=' ')
bla = car + trenn + finish + trenn + time
writer.writerow(bla)
myfile.close()

Answer 1

The Python documentation states that for the csv.writer() function the ...

"optional dialect parameter can be given which is used to define a set of parameters specific to a particular CSV dialect".

... and that ...

"the other optional fmtparams keyword arguments can be given to override individual formatting parameters in the current dialect".

The problem you are experiencing is a consequence of writing a string representation of the time list to file and writing to file using a whitespace delimiter. If you were to view Informationen.csv as a plain text file the problem becomes apparent.

Firstly, writing to file having passed a whitespace delimiter as an argument in csv.writer(myfile, dialect='excel', delimiter=' ') overrides the default delimiter as defined in the Excel dialect and results in the elements of list bla being written to file with the format element1 element2 element3 as opposed to element1,element2,element3.

Secondly, although the majority of the elements in the time list are allocated their own columns in a spreadsheet as desired, writing the list to file as a string representation of itself has contributed to the overall undesired formatting.

When you open the file created with your script as an Excel file, Excel reads in two initial values based on the first two commas it finds which happen to be in the center of the string 'Landhaus , Nord' and within the string representation of the time list.

You can achieve the column separation you require firstly by appending the elements of the time list to the bla list, as opposed to nesting the former within the latter. You then need to omit delimiter=' ' in csv.writer(myfile, dialect='excel', delimiter=' '), thus avoiding the delimiter overriding effect when writing to file:

import csv

car = ['car 11']
finish = ['Landhaus , Nord']
time = ["['05:36']", "['06:06']", "['06:36']", "['07:06']", "['07:36']"]
try:
    with open('Informationen.csv', 'w') as myfile:
        writer = csv.writer(myfile, dialect='excel')
        bla = [car, finish]
        for each_time in time:
            bla.append(each_time)
        writer.writerow(bla)
except IOError as ioe:
    print('Error: ' + str(ioe))

producing the following output in Excel:

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/8061/screenshotkn.png

Answer 2

import csv

car=["car 11"]
finish=['Landhaus , Nord']
time=["['05:36']", "['06:06']", "['06:36']", "['07:06']", "['07:36']", "['08:06']", "['08:36']", "['09:06']", "['09:36']", "['10:06']", "['10:36']", "['11:06']", "['11:36']", "['12:06']", "['12:36']", "['13:06']", "['13:36']", "['14:06']", "['14:36']", "['15:06']", "['15:36']", "['16:06']", "['16:36']", "['17:06']", "['17:36']", "['18:06']", "['18:36']", "['19:06']", "['19:36']", "['20:06']", "['20:36']"]
myfile = open("derp.csv", "wb")
writer = csv.writer(myfile)
bla = car + finish + time
writer.writerow(bla)
myfile.close()

Here is the output I get from excel