How to detect line separator and line break in python csv
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Here is how I'm detecting a field separator and line break in a csv file for which I do not already know the format. Does this look sufficient, or are there other things I should be adding here?
SEPARATORS=['x00', 'x01', '^', ':', ',', 't', ':', ';', '|', '~', ' ']
LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER = ['x02n', 'rn', 'n', 'r']
def get_csv_info(file)
with open(f, 'r') as csvfile:
line = next(csvfile)
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(line, SEPARATORS)
for _terminator in LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER:
if line.endswith(_terminator):
terminator = _terminator
break
return (dialect.delimiter, terminator)
Note: using the normal csv.Sniffer without params fails most of the time I use it.
python python-3.x csv
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Here is how I'm detecting a field separator and line break in a csv file for which I do not already know the format. Does this look sufficient, or are there other things I should be adding here?
SEPARATORS=['x00', 'x01', '^', ':', ',', 't', ':', ';', '|', '~', ' ']
LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER = ['x02n', 'rn', 'n', 'r']
def get_csv_info(file)
with open(f, 'r') as csvfile:
line = next(csvfile)
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(line, SEPARATORS)
for _terminator in LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER:
if line.endswith(_terminator):
terminator = _terminator
break
return (dialect.delimiter, terminator)
Note: using the normal csv.Sniffer without params fails most of the time I use it.
python python-3.x csv
asked 2 hours ago
David542
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Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
This test yields the error:File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax
– Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago
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Here is how I'm detecting a field separator and line break in a csv file for which I do not already know the format. Does this look sufficient, or are there other things I should be adding here?
SEPARATORS=['x00', 'x01', '^', ':', ',', 't', ':', ';', '|', '~', ' ']
LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER = ['x02n', 'rn', 'n', 'r']
def get_csv_info(file)
with open(f, 'r') as csvfile:
line = next(csvfile)
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(line, SEPARATORS)
for _terminator in LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER:
if line.endswith(_terminator):
terminator = _terminator
break
return (dialect.delimiter, terminator)
Note: using the normal csv.Sniffer without params fails most of the time I use it.
python python-3.x csv
asked 2 hours ago
David542
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Here is how I'm detecting a field separator and line break in a csv file for which I do not already know the format. Does this look sufficient, or are there other things I should be adding here?
SEPARATORS=['x00', 'x01', '^', ':', ',', 't', ':', ';', '|', '~', ' ']
LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER = ['x02n', 'rn', 'n', 'r']
def get_csv_info(file)
with open(f, 'r') as csvfile:
line = next(csvfile)
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(line, SEPARATORS)
for _terminator in LINE_TERMINATORS_IN_ORDER:
if line.endswith(_terminator):
terminator = _terminator
break
return (dialect.delimiter, terminator)
Note: using the normal csv.Sniffer without params fails most of the time I use it.
python python-3.x csv
python python-3.x csv
asked 2 hours ago
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Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
This test yields the error:File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax
– Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago
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Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
This test yields the error:File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax
– Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago
Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
This test yields the error:
File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax – Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago
This test yields the error:
File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax – Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago
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Your code is broken. Please fix it :)
– яүυк
2 hours ago
This test yields the error:
File "/home/main.py", line 4 def get_csv_info(file) SyntaxError: invalid syntax– Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
1 hour ago