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Files & data easy

How to Read a TSV File in Python with csv.DictReader

Read a tab-separated (TSV) file into dictionaries using the csv module's DictReader with a tab delimiter.

csv tsv file-io
Python
import csv
from pathlib import Path

data_file = Path("data.tsv")

# Sample TSV content (tab-separated)
sample = """name\tage\tcity
Alice\t30\tNew York
Bob\t25\tLos Angeles
Carol\t35\tChicago
"""
data_file.write_text(sample)

with data_file.open("r", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    reader = csv.DictReader(f, d…
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Files & data easy

Read a CSV File with csv.DictReader in Python

Read a CSV file as a list of dictionaries, using csv.DictReader to map each row to column names.

csv csv-dictreader file-reading
Python
import csv
from pathlib import Path

def read_csv_with_dictreader(file_path):
    data = []
    with open(file_path, mode='r', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as csvfile:
        reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
        for row in reader:
            data.append(row)
    return data

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Cre…
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Data pipelines & processing easy

ETL in Python: Extract CSV, Transform Dicts, Load JSON

Build a simple ETL pipeline that reads a CSV, normalizes keys and converts price to float, then writes structured JSON.

etl csv json
Python
import csv
import json
from pathlib import Path

def etl_csv_to_json(csv_path: str, json_path: str) -> None:
    """Extract CSV, transform rows to dicts, load to JSON."""
    with open(csv_path, mode='r', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        records = list(reader)

    # Trans…
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Cloud + Python easy

How to plan reserved capacity from a CSV in Python

Read a CSV of workloads with csv.DictReader and compute a mock reserved capacity plan with headroom per service.

csv capacity-planning cloud
Python
import csv
import io


def plan_reserved_capacity(workloads_csv: str) -> list[dict]:
    """Read a CSV of workloads and return a plan for reserved capacity per service."""
    reader = csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(workloads_csv))
    plan = []
    for row in reader:
        service = row["service"]
        avg_load = fl…
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