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Re: parse a csv file into a text file

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On 06/02/2014 17:40, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> 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?
>

If you don't, you tend to get interleaved blank lines. (Presumably 
unless your .csv is using \n-only linefeeds).

TJG

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    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
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  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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