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+# Copyright (c) 2017 Weitian LI <weitian@aaronly.me>
+# MIT license
+
+"""
+Input/output utilities.
+"""
+
+import os
+import logging
+
+import pandas as pd
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def dataframe_to_csv(df, outfile, clobber=False):
+    """
+    Save the given Pandas DataFrame into a CSV text file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df : `~pandas.DataFrame`
+        The DataFrame to be saved to the CSV text file.
+    outfile : string
+        The path to the output CSV file.
+    clobber : bool, optional
+        Whether overwrite the existing output file?
+        Default: False
+    """
+    if not isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame):
+        raise TypeError("Not a Pandas DataFrame!")
+
+    # Create directory if necessary
+    dirname = os.path.dirname(outfile)
+    if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+        os.makedirs(dirname)
+        logger.info("Created output directory: {0}".format(dirname))
+
+    if os.path.exists(outfile):
+        if clobber:
+            logger.warning("Remove existing file: {0}".format(outfile))
+            os.remove(outfile)
+        else:
+            raise OSError("Output file exists: {0}".format(outfile))
+    df.to_csv(outfile, header=True, index=False)
+    logger.info("Saved DataFrame to CSV file: {0}".format(outfile))