helps to read a csv file in python

csvreader.py

myfile = open("../myfile.csv", "rb")
reader = csv.reader(myfile)

for row in reader:
    if rownum == 0:
        header = row
        # depending upon the format of the csv file you might have to split things as well, if the file is not formatted properly, which generally is the case. 

    else:
        colnum = 0
        for col in row:
            print "%-8s: %s" % (header[colnum], col)
            colnum += 1
    rownum += 1
ifile.close()