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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.
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…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.
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__":
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