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Generate a Monthly Report CSV from Log Files in Python

Reads a CSV log file, filters events by a given month, aggregates daily event counts and revenue, and writes a summarized monthly report to a new CSV.

csv logs report
Python 
import csv
from collections import defaultdict
from datetime import datetime

def generate_monthly_report(log_file: str, month: str, output_file: str) -> None:
    events_by_date = defaultdict(int)
    revenue_by_date = defaultdict(float)
    
    with open(log_file, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            date_…
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