Read CSV Files in Python with csv.DictReader - Iterate through Rows as Dicts with Columns as Keys

0:00 What are CSV files?
0:56 Tabular data saved from Excel spreadsheets to CSV files
1:35 CSV format is a plain-text format separated by comma delimiters
2:00 Rows and columns in CSV file formats
3:08 It is easy to write programs that can read CSV files
3:40 Import DictReader from csv in Python to read CSV rows into dictionaries
4:33 DictReader uses first row for keys of the dictionary returned for each row of values
5:23 Using the open function to establish a file handle to read a UTF-8 CSV file
5:57 For in loop over rows of a CSV file with a DictReader and print each row
8:35 Reading numerical data in a CSV file with DictReader and type casting
13:06 Find the average of a column in a CSV file in Python
14:45 Why write programs that process CSV files?

In this introductory tutorial you will learn about the CSV file format and how to write programs that make use of Python's built-in CSV library using the DictReader class. With these simple concepts, you will be able to write programs that process structured, tabular data that can be created or sourced from spreadsheet software or database software. Packages like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets can save and produce CSV files from their Save As or Export File options. Popular database software can produce CSV files, too. When using a DictReader, all column values will be strings, and this video shows you how to intentionally convert column data to numerical data for further analysis. 3rd party libraries such as pandas will do these kinds of conversions automatically for you. Once you are comfortable with the idea of reading CSV files using this lower-level functionality, you are encouraged to make use of higher-level libraries such as pandas for day-to-day data processing and analysis.

[Mornepin]

I was in a long trouble modifying a csv file, and I used the logic of your code to solve my issue !
THANK YOU.
My god, hours of pain for that. What a relief.

[jasinAmsterdam]

Thank you so much. I just started my journey with python and just want to learn it for personal use. I really get what you are explaining here, and my brain is already drunk with the possibilities.
I never knew that I could get excited about programming 😄

[TechMarketer]

Kirs, it's great tutorial - you show how things works and explain what is around. Thank you very much.

[Bluwonder]

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[WajidKhan-gnhj]

Your explanation are very clear thanks for making them. It will help me alot.

[bernardinojr.delacruz]

I really appreciate this. Thank you so much!

[zzxp]

But how do you do that when you want to convert different types of data in each row. Lets say one column has a boolean, another an int, and another a string?

[connershafer]

What if I needed to take a column of a csv file and count how many times a word occurs?

[damegaye]

Cool vidéo 😍
But how i do i want to print a single line by searching by the "precipitation" value for exemple ?

[CaseySmith-dv]

What if I want to keep the first column as a string and convert the following columns to floats?

[takudzwaherbertmakopa]

what if the dictionaries are not the same in terms of [str, float ] format and some are even [str, str] format????

[higiniofuentes]

If the separator is not comma, something to be done to indicate that?
Thank you!

[sameerpal]

Can we read columns of xml file which is inside csv file in python please reply

[hazeleyes]

Is the dictionary reader built in to the most recent version of python?

[natedickinson]

How does the terminal printout work? around minute 7?

[johnaweiss]

How can you look up key/value pairs without looping?

[christophercarr]

Check out the Rainbow CSV extension for VS Code. Makes csv files more human eyeball parseable.

[karthikrajamony]

Could you please share which theme and font you used in this video for VS Code

[CosD]

how can we change a number in csv without it making the csv file unreadable ?

[christopherjspiteri]

How can we skip a header row in the csv file? i keep getting this:
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'Part'
The word 'Part' is the first word in the csv file header.