Convert .csv table to dictionary [duplicate]

Answer 1

Here is a fairly straightforward solution that uses the python CSV module (DOCs here: http://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html). Just replace 'csv_data.csv' with the name of you CSV file.

import csv

with open('csv_data.csv') as csv_data:
    reader = csv.reader(csv_data)

    # eliminate blank rows if they exist
    rows = [row for row in reader if row]
    headings = rows[0] # get headings

    person_info = {}
    for row in rows[1:]:
        # append the dataitem to the end of the dictionary entry
        # set the default value of [] if this key has not been seen
        for col_header, data_column in zip(headings, row):
            person_info.setdefault(col_header, []).append(data_column)

    print person_info