Learning Python

input.py

# Import needed libraries.
import csv, urllib2

# Retrieve the contents of the CSV report file
csv_file = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/sbe_csv/CF/Report.csv').read()

# Convert the contents of the CSV file to a list.
# (Shouldn't this use a try / except?)
Report = csv.reader(csv_file)

# Iterate through the report and display each line, joined by commas.
for row in Report:
	print row

output.txt

$ python sbe-parser.py


['\nR\ne\np\no\nr\nt\nI\nd\n']
['', '']
['\nA\nc\nc\no\nu\nn\nt\nI\nd\n']
['', '']
['\nC\no\nm\nm\ni\nt\nt\ne\ne\nC\no\nd\ne\n']
['', '']
['\nC\no\nm\nm\ni\nt\nt\ne\ne\nN\na\nm\ne\n']
['', '']
['\nC\no\nm\nm\ni\nt\nt\ne\ne\nT\ny\np\ne\n']
['', '']
['\nC\na\nn\nd\ni\nd\na\nt\ne\nN\na\nm\ne\n']
['', '']
['\nI\ns\nS\nt\na\nt\ne\nW\ni\nd\ne\n']