Question

I have been trying to read a csv file from my desktop and have not been successful. I checked my current working directory and it is pointed to my desktop, so that doesn’t seem to be the issue. Below is the module I used and the error output that I received. I am using Python 3.2.3

import csv  
reader = csv.reader(open(name.csv, mode = 'r'))  
for row in reader:  
    print (row)  

Here is my result

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:/Users/User Name/Desktop/FileName.py”, line 2,in
reader = csv.reader(open(name.csv, mode = ‘r’))
NameError: name ‘Beta’ is not defined

Help? Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this…

import csv
with open('name.csv', 'r') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',')
    for row in reader:
        print row