How do I read CSV data into a record array in NumPy?

Question

I wonder if there is a direct way to import the contents of a CSV file into a record array, much in the way that R\'s read.table(), read.delim(), a

Answer 1

This is the easiest way:

import csv
with open('testfile.csv', newline='') as csvfile:
    data = list(csv.reader(csvfile))

Now each entry in data is a record, represented as an array. So you have a 2D array. It saved me so much time.