csv dictreader

[Mike Driscoll]

On Mar 19, 1:06 pm, brnstrmrs <brnstr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the dictionary reader to import the data from a csv
> file and create a dictnary from it but just can't seem to figure it
> out.
>
> Here is my code:
>
> >>>import csv
> >>>reader = csv.DictReader(open('table.csv'))
> >>>for row in reader:
> >>>print row
>
> my csv files looks like this:
>
> Bytecode,Element
> \x00\x00,0000
> \x01\x00,0001
> ....
> \x09\x00,0009
>
> My output shows:
> {'Bytecode': '\\x00\\x00', 'Element': '0000'}
> {'Bytecode': '\\x01\\x00', 'Element': '0001'}
> ...
> {'Bytecode': '\\x09\\x00', 'Element': '0009'}
>
> 1. how can I get access to this directory

What do you mean? You can get each element in the dict by doing this:

for row in reader:
    print row['Bytecode']
    print row['Element']


> 2. why does the values come with two backslashs infront of the "x"

The double back slash is for escaping purposes, I think. If you print
this: '\\x09\\x00'
you'll get this:  \x09\x00

Mike