convert csv file to list of dictionaries

Question

I have a csv file

col1, col2, col3
1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6

I want to create a list of dictionary from this csv.

output as :

Answer 1

Using the csv module and a list comprehension:

import csv
with open('foo.csv') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f, skipinitialspace=True)
    header = next(reader)
    a = [dict(zip(header, map(int, row))) for row in reader]
print a    

Output:

[{'col3': 3, 'col2': 2, 'col1': 1}, {'col3': 6, 'col2': 5, 'col1': 4}]