readcsv

emlib.csvtools.readcsv(csvfile, columns=None, asnumber=True, accept_exponential_numbers=False, typeconversions=None, prefer_fractions=False, dialect='excel', first_row_header=True)

Read a CSV file into a namedtuple

If the first collumn is all text, assume these are the column names

Parameters:

• columns (Optional[list[str]]) – a seq of column names, if the first row of data is not a list header

• asnumber (bool) – convert strings to numbers if they can be converted

• typeconversions (Optional[dict]) – if given, a dict of the form {column:type}

• accept_exponential_numbers (bool) – if True, parse a string 1.5e4 as a number

• prefer_fractions (bool) – If True, interpret expressions like 3/4 as Fractions, otherwise, as str.

Return type:

RecordList

Returns:

a RecordList