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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:46:22 -0400
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On 04/12/2013 01:29 PM, Ana Dionísio wrote:
> That only puts the data in one column, I wanted to separate it.
>
> For example:
> data in csv file:
>
> 1 2 3 4 5
> 7 8 9 10 11
> a b c d e
>
> I wanted an array where I could pick an element in each position. In the case above if I did print array[0][3] it would pick 4
>

I know nothing about numpy.

How about something like:
     import csv
     myreader = csv.reader(....)
     mylist = list(myreader)


Presumably you can fill in the details.  Anyway, I think this will give 
you a list of lists, and perhaps you can convert that to a numpy array, 
if you really need one of those.


-- 
DaveA