Read Tab-Separeted file by python

tabseparated.py

def suggest_type_from_str(string):
    """
    
    Arguments:
    - `string`:
    """

    try:
        return int(string)
    except:
        try:
            return float(string)
        except:
            return str(string)

class TabSeparatedFile(object):
    """
    """
    
    def __init__(self, filepath):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `filepath`:
        """
        self._filepath = filepath
        self._file = None
        
    def __enter__(self):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `self`:
        """
        return self

        
    def __del__(self):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `self`:
        """
        self.close()

    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `self`:
        """

        self.close()


    def __iter__(self):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `self`:
        """

        if self._file == None:
            self._file = open(self._filepath, 'r')

        for line in self._file:
            yield map(suggest_type_from_str, line[:-1].split('\t'))

    def close(self):
        """
        
        Arguments:
        - `self`:
        """

        if self._file:
            self._file.close()