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How to Load and Inspect CSV Data with a Dataclass Helper in Python

This code defines a DataHelper dataclass that reads a CSV file into a list of dictionaries and prints basic dataset information.

csv dataclass pathlib
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from pathlib import Path
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Any


@dataclass
class DataHelper:
    """Simple helper for loading and inspecting CSV data."""
    filepath: Path

    def load_csv(self, *, delimiter: str = ",") -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
        """Read CSV into a list of dictionaries."""
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