The Dialect class or one of the strings returned by the 1 An optionalĭialect parameter can be given which is used to define a set of parameters String each time its _next_() method is called - file objects and list objects are both suitable. Return a reader object which will iterate over lines in the given csvfile.Ĭsvfile can be any object which supports the iterator protocol and returns a reader ( csvfile, dialect = 'excel', ** fmtparams ) ¶ The csv module defines the following functions: csv. The Python Enhancement Proposal which proposed this addition to Python. Using the DictReader and DictWriter classes. Programmers can also read and write data in dictionary form The csv module’s reader and writer objects read and Programmers canĪlso describe the CSV formats understood by other applications or define their Knowing the precise details of the CSV format used by Excel. It allows programmers to say, “write this data in the format preferredīy Excel,” or “read data from this file which was generated by Excel,” without The csv module implements classes to read and write tabular data in CSVįormat. Similar enough that it is possible to write a single module which canĮfficiently manipulate such data, hiding the details of reading and writing the Still, while the delimiters and quoting characters vary, the overall format is Theseĭifferences can make it annoying to process CSV files from multiple sources. Often exist in the data produced and consumed by different applications. The lack of a well-defined standard means that subtle differences

Years prior to attempts to describe the format in a standardized way in The so-called CSV (Comma Separated Values) format is the most common import andĮxport format for spreadsheets and databases.

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