One other thing besides the issues noted with filename - newline is set to a space. It should be set to an empty string.
See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html#id3 Regards, Nate On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:52 PM, <breamore...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 5:55:47 PM UTC, Braxton Alfred wrote: > > Why does this not run? It is right out of the CSV file in the Standard > Lib. > > > > Python ver 3.4.4, 64 bit. > > > > import csv > > """ READ EXCEL FILE """ > > filename = 'c:\users\user\my documents\Braxton\Excel\personal\bp.csv' > > with open (filename, newline = ' ') as bp: > > dialect = csv.excel > > reader = csv.reader(bp) > > for row in reader: > > print (row) > > > > Marc > > Of course it will run, assuming that there are no syntax errors. > > Besides that using raw strings or forward slashes will probably help. > > Of course we don't actually know as you haven't shown us the actual error > that you get, and our crystal balls broke down long ago owing to over use. > > You might like to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > and then http://sscce.org/ or even http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve and > then ask again. > > Kindest regards. > > Mark Lawrence. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
