reading a CSV files columns directly into variables names with python

Question

I want to read a CSV file\'s columns directly into variables. The result should be something like you would get with the following shell line: while IFS=, read ColumnName1

Answer 1

for row in thingthatyieldslists:
  col1, col2, col3 = row
  print "%s: %s, %s" % (col1, col2, col3)