gistfile1.py

import csv
f = open('students.csv').read()
while f.split('\n')[0] != 'name,email':
    morecsv = raw_input("This does not look like the correct file. Would you like to see more? y/n?")
    while morecsv != 'y' or 'n':
        morecsv = raw_input("The prompt was y/n only. Would you like to see more? y/n?")
    if morecsv == 'y':
        print f.split('\n')[:10]
        newcsv = raw_input("Would you like to overwrite this file to create the student list? y/n?")
        while newcsv != 'y' or 'n':
            newcsv = raw_input("y/n only. Would you like to overwrite this file to create the student list?")
        if newcsv == 'y':
            f.truncate()
            f.write('name,email')
        if newcsv == 'n':
            return 'Okay. Goodbye.'
    elif morecsv == 'n':
        return 'Okay. Goodbye.'
header = f.split('\n')[0]
students = {str(header.split(',')[0]):[]}
for i in range(1,len(header.split(','))):
    students[str(header.split(',')[i])] = []
if f.split('\n') > 1:
    rows = f.split('\n')[1:]
    for i in range(0,len(header.split(','))):
        students[str(header.split(',')[i])] = [j.split(',', 1)[i] for j in rows]