Find number of columns in csv file

Question

My program needs to read csv files which may have 1,2 or 3 columns, and it needs to modify its behaviour accordingly. Is there a simple way to check the number of columns withou

Answer 1

I would suggest a simple way like this:

with open('./testfile.csv', 'r') as csv:
     first_line = csv.readline()
     your_data = csv.readlines()

ncol = first_line.count(',') + 1