read csv text file python code example

Example 1: read entire csv file python

import csv

f = open("fileName.csv") 	#  encoding="utf8"
reader = csv.DictReader(f)  #  delimiter=";", quotechar='"'
data = [row for row in reader]

Example 2: python read csv file

import csv

with open('employee_birthday.txt') as csv_file:
    csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_file, delimiter=',')
    line_count = 0
    for row in csv_reader:
        if line_count == 0:
            print(f'Column names are {", ".join(row)}')
            line_count += 1
        else:
            print(f'\t{row[0]} works in the {row[1]} department, and was born in {row[2]}.')
            line_count += 1
    print(f'Processed {line_count} lines.')

Example 3: how to read a csv file in python

import pandas as pd
df=pd.read_csv('the_file.csv')