Newbie - converting csv files to arrays in NumPy - Matlab vs. Numpy comparison

[Robert Kern]

Travis E. Oliphant wrote:

> If you use numpy.fromfile, you need to skip past the initial header row 
> yourself.  Something like this:
> 
> fid = open('somename.csv')

# I think you also meant to include this line:
header = fid.readline()

> data = numpy.fromfile(fid, sep=',').reshape(-1,6)
> # for 6-column data.

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Robert Kern

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