# reading CSV files, tuple-unpacking import csv #pacific.csv contains: #1,CA,California #2,AK,Alaska #3,OR,Oregon #4,WA,Washington #5,HI,Hawaii
reader = csv.reader(open('pacific.csv')) for id, abbr, name in reader: print '%s is abbreviated: "%s"' % (name, abbr) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list