CSV reader and writer¶
Agate contains CSV readers and writers that are intended to be used as a drop-in replacement for csv. These versions add unicode support for Python 2 and several other minor features.
Agate methods will use these version automatically. If you would like to use them in your own code, you can import them, like this:
from agate import csv
Due to nuanced differences between the versions, these classes are implemented seperately for Python 2 and Python 3. The documentation for both versions is provided below, but only the one for your version of Python is imported with the above code.
Python 3¶
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| A wrapper around Python 3's builtin  | |
| A wrapper around Python 3's builtin  | |
| A wrapper around Python 3's builtin  | |
| A wrapper around Python 3's builtin  | 
Python 3 details¶
- agate.csv_py3.reader(*args, **kwargs)¶
- A replacement for Python’s - csv.reader()that uses- csv_py3.Reader.
- agate.csv_py3.writer(*args, **kwargs)¶
- A replacement for Python’s - csv.writer()that uses- csv_py3.Writer.
- class agate.csv_py3.Reader(f, field_size_limit=None, line_numbers=False, header=True, **kwargs)¶
- Bases: - object- A wrapper around Python 3’s builtin - csv.reader().
- class agate.csv_py3.Writer(f, line_numbers=False, **kwargs)¶
- Bases: - object- A wrapper around Python 3’s builtin - csv.writer().
- class agate.csv_py3.DictReader(f, fieldnames=None, restkey=None, restval=None, dialect='excel', *args, **kwds)¶
- Bases: - DictReader- A wrapper around Python 3’s builtin - csv.DictReader.
- class agate.csv_py3.DictWriter(f, fieldnames, line_numbers=False, **kwargs)¶
- Bases: - DictWriter- A wrapper around Python 3’s builtin - csv.DictWriter.