lines = data.split('\n') header = lines[0].split(',') lines = lines[1:] code example

Example: read entire content of a file using infile python

#Create a variable for the file name
filename = 'Plates_output_simple.csv' #This is simply a string of text

#Open the file
infile = open(filename, 'r') # 'r' says we are opening the file to read, infile is the opened file object that we will read from

#Store the data from the file in a variable
data = infile.read()

#Print the data in the file
print(data)

#close the file
infile.close()