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py3interm/EXAMPLES/csv_dictreader.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import csv
+
+field_names = ['term', 'firstname', 'lastname', 'birthplace', 'state', 'party'] # <1>
+
+with open('../DATA/presidents.csv') as presidents_in:
+    rdr = csv.DictReader(presidents_in, fieldnames=field_names)  # <2>
+    for row in rdr:  # <3>
+        print('{:25s} {:12s} {}'.format(row['firstname'], row['lastname'], row['party']))  # <4>
+        # string .format can use keywords from an unpacked dict as well:
+        # print('{firstname:25s} {lastname:12s} {party}'.format(**row))