Python: How to import information from a .csv file to python as a list with tuples inside?

Question

I am new to programming so please excuse my shallow knowledge with coding. I have a .csv file that I can open with excel. Each row represents a person\'s name and their details

Answer 1

With the csv module it is quite simple:

import csv

with open('friends.csv', 'Ur') as f:
    data = list(tuple(rec) for rec in csv.reader(f, delimiter=','))

data is a list of tuples.

The csv module reads the files correctly:

"Smith, John",123

will be read as

('Smith, John', '123')

Answer 2

import csv
DIR = 'your dicrectory path'
openfile = csv.DictReader(open(DIR + '/file_name.csv', 'r'))
print .fieldnames
for p in filename:
    try:
        p = dict((k.strip().strip('\\t'), v) for k, v in p.iteritems() if v.lower() != 'null')
except AttributeError, e:
    print e
    print p
    raise Exception()
print p.get('Name'),p.get('Details')