Thanks for your prompt response, Neil. > That data doesn't appear to be csv worthy. Why not use str.split > or str.partition?
Well, I should have said that this is one kind of data. The function is part of a larger app, and there is the possibility that someone uses headers in the data files, or some other field separator, so I tried to make it more universal. > In Python 2.6 and earlier, you need to open the file in binary > mode. I tried that, no changes > Use: > csvfile = csv.reader(csvfile, dialect=dialect) > dialect is a keyword argument. thanks for pointing that out.it stopped the errors when there s only one data line, but it still can't get the values for that line Carlos -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
