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Python: What is dictreader() and reader() function call while reading from a csv file?

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Python: What is dictreader() and reader() function call while reading from a csv file?
posted Dec 17, 2013 by Satyabrata Mahapatra

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class csv.DictReader(csvfile, fieldnames=None, restkey=None, restval=None, dialect='excel', *args, **kwds)

Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information read into a dict whose keys are given by the optional fieldnames parameter. I hope this helps.

answer Dec 17, 2013 by Anderson
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csv.reader(csvfile)
Creates a reader object which can parse the given file, returning a sequence of values for each line of the file. The csvfile can be any iterable object.

csv.DictReader(csvfile[, fieldnames])
Creates a DictReader object which can parse the given file, returning a dictionary of values for each line of the file. The dictionary keys are typically the first line of the file. You can, optionally, provide the field names if they are not the first line of the file. The csvfile can be any iterable object.

Hope this helps.

answer Dec 17, 2013 by Salil Agrawal
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