>I'd love to see a 'split' and a 'join' function in the csv module to >just convert between string and list without having to bother about >files. > >Something like > >csv.split(aStr [, dialect='excel'[, fmtparam]]) -> list object > >and > >csv.join(aList, e[, dialect='excel'[, fmtparam]]) -> str object > >Feasible?
Yes, it's feasible, although newlines can be embedded in within fields of a CSV record, hence the use of the iterator, rather than working with strings. In your example above, if the parser gets to the end of the string and finds it's still within a field, I'd propose just raising an exception. No promises, however - I only have a finite ammount of time to work on this at the moment. -- Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft http://www.object-craft.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
