Imagine you are tasked with analyzing a massive CSV file containing millions of records—too large to load into memory all at once. Your goal is to extract only those rows where a specific column's value exceeds a given threshold, saving the filtered results to a new file. This scenario is common in large-scale data analysis, where efficient, memory-friendly processing is essential.


import unittest
import user_code
import ast
import re   
import importlib
import csv
import unittest
import pandas as pd
import os
import csv
import importlib

class TestTask(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.input_file = "test_large_input.csv"
        self.output_file = "test_filtered_output.csv"
        self.data = [
            ["id", "value", "name"],
            [1, 50, "Alice"],
            [2, 200, "Bob"],
            [3, 150, "Charlie"],
            [4, 90, "David"],
            [5, 300, "Eve"]
        ]
        with open(self.input_file, "w", newline="") as f:
            writer = csv.writer(f)
            writer.writerows(self.data)

    def tearDown(self):
        if os.path.exists(self.input_file):
            os.remove(self.input_file)
        if os.path.exists(self.output_file):
            os.remove(self.output_file)

    def test_rows_filtered_correctly(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        user_code.filter_large_csv(self.input_file, self.output_file, "value", 100, chunk_size=2)
        with open(self.output_file, newline="") as f:
            reader = csv.reader(f)
            rows = list(reader)
        expected = [
            ["id", "value", "name"],
            ["2", "200", "Bob"],
            ["3", "150", "Charlie"],
            ["5", "300", "Eve"]
        ]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            rows == expected,
            "Rows with value > 100 are correctly filtered and written to output.",
            f"Expected rows: {expected}, got: {rows}"
        )

    def test_header_only_when_no_match(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        user_code.filter_large_csv(self.input_file, self.output_file, "value", 1000, chunk_size=2)
        with open(self.output_file, newline="") as f:
            reader = csv.reader(f)
            rows = list(reader)
        expected = [["id", "value", "name"]]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            rows == expected,
            "Only header is written when no rows match the filter.",
            f"Expected only header row, got: {rows}"
        )

    def test_header_is_written(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        user_code.filter_large_csv(self.input_file, self.output_file, "value", 49, chunk_size=2)
        with open(self.output_file, newline="") as f:
            reader = csv.reader(f)
            rows = list(reader)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            len(rows) > 0 and rows[0] == ["id", "value", "name"],
            "Header row is present in the output file.",
            f"Header row missing or incorrect: {rows[0] if rows else 'No rows'}"
        )

    def test_various_chunk_sizes(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        for chunk_size in [1, 2, 5]:
            user_code.filter_large_csv(self.input_file, self.output_file, "value", 100, chunk_size=chunk_size)
            with open(self.output_file, newline="") as f:
                reader = csv.reader(f)
                rows = list(reader)
            expected = [
                ["id", "value", "name"],
                ["2", "200", "Bob"],
                ["3", "150", "Charlie"],
                ["5", "300", "Eve"]
            ]
            _dynamic_test(
                self,
                rows == expected,
                f"Function works with chunk_size={chunk_size}.",
                f"With chunk_size={chunk_size}, expected: {expected}, got: {rows}"
            )

def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\\s*([,:?])\\s*", r"\\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

def change_var(code: str, var_name: str, value: str) -> str:
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    lines = code.splitlines()
    changed = False
    # Collect all assignment nodes to modify
    assign_nodes = [
        (i, node)
        for i, node in enumerate(tree.body)
        if isinstance(node, ast.Assign)
        and any(isinstance(target, ast.Name) and target.id == var_name for target in node.targets)
    ]

    # If nothing to change, return unmodified code
    if not assign_nodes:
        return code

    # Perform replacements for all matching assignments (from last to first to not break line offsets)
    for i, node in reversed(assign_nodes):
        start_line = node.lineno - 1
        line = lines[start_line]
        indent = ' ' * (len(line) - len(line.lstrip()))
        lines[start_line] = f"{indent}{var_name} = {value}"
        next_line = len(lines)
        for next_node in tree.body[i+1:]:
            if hasattr(next_node, 'lineno'):
                next_line = next_node.lineno - 1
                break
        if next_line > start_line + 1:
            lines[start_line+1:next_line] = []
        changed = True

    return '\\n'.join(lines) if changed else code

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


test_main.py

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Challenge: Filtering Large Datasets

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