how to turn csv.reader into a list code example

Example 1: read csv as list python

import csv

with open('file.csv', newline='') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    data = list(reader)

print(data)

Example 2: how to convert csv into list

open('file.csv', 'r').read().splitlines() #assuming you want each row to be an individual element in the list