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Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file?

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Sibylle Koczian wrote:

> Am 27.04.2016 um 04:42 schrieb jfong@ms4.hinet.net:
>> Just curious:-) why everyone here open the csv file without using
>> newline='' as suggested in Python 3.4.4 document section 14.1?

Carelessness, lack of knowledge (I plead guilty), not on Windows and no 
embedded newline in sight?

> And if the csv module is used anyway, why not simply read into a
> DictReader?

How would that help with looking up 3.5 by "apple" given the OP's sample 
data

banana,4.0
apple,3.5
orange,3.0

? Please give a code example.

Finally, why would you think that asking rhetorical questions is a good way 
to communicate?

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how to create a dictionary from csv file? "+dime+" <donald.ng@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 07:18 -0700
  Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-04-26 16:40 +0200
  Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? justin walters <walters.justin01@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 07:51 -0700
  Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-04-26 09:36 -0500
    Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Hasan Diwan <hasandiwan+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 00:36 +0000
  Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2016-04-26 19:42 -0700
    Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2016-04-27 11:10 +0200
    Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-04-27 11:31 +0200
    Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2016-04-27 17:37 +0200
    Re: how to create a dictionary from csv file? Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2016-04-27 17:37 +0200

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