python csv module error

Question

When I use Pythons csv module, it shows me

"delimiter" must be an 1-character string"

My code is like this

 sep = ","
 srcdata = cStringIO.StringIO(wdata[1])
 data = csv.reader(srcdata, delimiter=sep)

wdata[1] is a string source.

How do I fix this problem?

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Mahmoud Abdelkader · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 18:06:53Z

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You most likely have from __future__ import unicode_literals at the top of your module or you are using python 3.x+ You need to do something like this:

sep=b","  # notice the b before the "
srcdata=cStringIO.StringIO(wdata[1])
data = csv.reader(srcdata,delimiter=sep)

This tells Python that you want to represent "," as a byte string instead of a unicode literal.

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 18:06

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sbaechler Over a year ago

I now get TypeError: delimiter must be set under Python 3.3 and "delimiter" must be a 1-character string under Python 3.2.

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