>> I don't find the couple extra lines of code in my original example >> all that cumbersome to type though.
Michael> If you started about half of the programs you write with those Michael> extra lines, you might <wink>. I'm a strong believer in Michael> OnceAndOnlyOnce. You're right of course. I do use csv a lot, but only from a couple specialized programs. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list