import csv

# create two lists
position_list=[1,2,3,4]
special_list=["fred", "jane", "jim"]

# write each list to separate csv file
with open('SpecialFile.csv', 'w') as specialfile: # opens/creates file, creates "specialfile" to store the data for the file
    special_file=csv.writer(specialfile) # special_file variable aasigned to connect to specialfile
    special_file.writerow (special_list) # places the list into the special_file
                                        # when WITH terminates file is closed

with open('PositionFile.csv', 'w') as positionfile:
    position_file=csv.writer(positionfile)
    position_file.writerow (position_list)

# erase the original lists
position_list=[]
special_list=[]

print(special_list)
print(position_list)

# ------ Take contents out of PositionFile.csv and SpecialFile.csv and put them back into lists---------------#

with open('SpecialFile.csv', 'r') as specialfile: # opens file and connects it to "specialfile"
    special_list = csv.reader(specialfile) # contents of specialfile placed into variable special_list
    special_list= [row for row in special_list] # special_list contents read as list items (assuming multiple rows)
    special_list=special_list[0] # only first row kept

with open('PositionFile.csv', 'r') as positionfile: # uses the reader method
    position_list = list(csv.reader(positionfile))
    position_list= [row for row in position_list]
    position_list=position_list[0]  # at this point list items are strings
    for item in range (0,len(position_list)):  # process list to convert strings to integers
        position_list[item] = int(position_list[item])


print(special_list)
print(position_list)