python opens text file with a space between every character

Question

Whenever I try to open a .csv file with the python command fread = open(\'input.csv\', \'r\') it always opens the file with spaces between every single character.

Answer 1

Open the file in binary mode, 'rb'. Check it in a HEX Editor and check for null padding '00'. Open the file in something like Scintilla Text Editor to check the characters present in the file.