parse comma separated csv file with quotes in python

Question

Below i have a string which represents a single row pulled from a csv file. Each column is separated by a comma and the value is wrapped in \"\". What is the simplest way to

Answer 1

Python has a module for that:

http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html

import csv, sys
filename = 'some.csv'
with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    try:
        for row in reader:
            print row
    except csv.Error, e:
        sys.exit('file %s, line %d: %s' % (filename, reader.line_num, e))