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Re: parse a csv file into a text file

From Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject Re: parse a csv file into a text file
Date 2014-02-06 17:40 +0000
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On 06/02/2014 14:02, Neil Cerutti wrote:
>
> You must open the file in binary mode, as that is what the csv
> module expects in Python 2.7. newline handling can be enscrewed
> if you forget.
>
> file = open('raw.csv', 'b')
>

I've never opened a file in binary mode to read with the csv module 
using any Python version.  Where does it state that you must do this?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 16:10 -0800
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 16:17 -0800
    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 23:56 -0800
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    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 23:52 -0800
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 00:15 -0800
        Re: parse a csv file into a text file Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 00:48 -0800
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-06 13:16 +0000
        Re: parse a csv file into a text file Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 05:20 -0800
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-06 00:34 +0000
    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 00:01 -0800
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-05 18:46 -0600
    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 19:59 -0800
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-05 22:09 -0600
        Re: parse a csv file into a text file Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 20:17 -0800
    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 00:07 -0800
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-06 12:49 -0600
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-06 00:50 +0000
  Re:parse a csv file into a text file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-05 19:57 -0500
    Re: parse a csv file into a text file Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 00:12 -0800
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2014-02-06 10:49 +0200
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-06 06:35 -0500
      Re: parse a csv file into a text file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-06 06:53 -0500
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-05 22:01 -0500
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-06 14:02 +0000
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-06 17:40 +0000
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-06 11:51 -0600
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-02-06 18:05 +0000
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-06 18:34 +0000
  Re: parse a csv file into a text file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-06 12:51 -0600

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