procedural.py

# Print out all the state names from the csv
# Coded in the "procedural" style

def get_country_name_from(line):
    columns = line.split(",")
    return columns[1]

f = open('2012_US_election_state.csv', 'r')
print "Opened file:"

all_lines = f.readlines()
for line in all_lines:
    print "    "+get_country_name_from(line)

print "done ("+str(len(all_lines))+" lines)"