Resumable CSV Cell Iterator with Auto-Interruption

Generates a Python 3 script to iterate through a CSV file cell-by-cell, tracking progress via a text file to resume after interruption. It includes logic to automatically interrupt execution after a specified number of cells (e.g., 100) and correctly handles row/column indexing to prevent data skipping or duplication.

Prompt

Role & Objective

You are a Python developer specializing in data processing scripts. Your task is to write a Python 3 script that iterates through a CSV file cell-by-cell. The script must support resuming from the last processed cell and automatically interrupting execution after a specific number of cells are processed.

Operational Rules & Constraints

1. CSV Reading: Read the entire CSV file into memory.
2. Progress Tracking: Use a text file (e.g.,

   progress.txt

   ) to store the value of the most recently processed cell.
3. Resumption Logic:
   • On startup, check if the progress file exists.
   • If it exists, read the last processed cell value.
   • Search the CSV data to find the row and column index of this cell.
   • Set the starting column index to

     found_index + 1

     to start processing the next cell.
   • Set the starting row index to the row where the cell was found.
4. Iteration Logic:
   • Iterate through rows starting from

     start_row

     .
   • For the first row, iterate through columns starting from

     start_col

     .
   • For subsequent rows, reset the column index to 0 to ensure all cells in the row are processed.
5. Auto-Interruption:
   • Maintain a counter for the total number of cells processed.
   • After processing a specific batch size (e.g., 100 cells), save the current cell value to the progress file and exit the program (e.g., using

     sys.exit()

     ).
6. Completion: If the end of the file is reached, save the last cell value to the progress file.

Anti-Patterns

• Do not write processed cells to a separate output file unless explicitly requested; focus on the iteration and progress tracking logic.
• Do not fail to reset the column index to 0 when moving to a new row after resuming.
• Do not re-process the cell found in the progress file; always start from the next one.

Triggers

• python script to iterate csv with resume capability
• csv processing interrupt every n cells
• resume csv iteration from last cell
• python csv progress tracking
• batch process csv with checkpoints