Python import csv to list

Question

I have a CSV file with about 2000 records.

Each record has a string, and a category to it:

This is the firs         


        

Answer 1

A simple loop would suffice:

lines = []
with open('test.txt', 'r') as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        l,name = line.strip().split(',')
        lines.append((l,name))

print lines