On 3/11/2016 4:14 PM, MRAB wrote:
>>> import csv >>> s = '"Please preserve my doublequotes"\ttext1\ttext2' >>> reader = csv.reader([s], delimiter='\t', quotechar=None) >>> for row in reader: ... print(row[0]) ... "Please preserve my doublequotes" >>>
This worked! thank you MRAB -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list