_csv.Error: field larger than field limit (131072)

Question

I have a script reading in a csv file with very huge fields:

# example from http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/csv.html?highlight=csv%20dictreader#examples
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Answer 1

This could be because your CSV file has embedded single or double quotes. If your CSV file is tab-delimited try opening it as:

c = csv.reader(f, delimiter='\t', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)