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2"""
3csv.py - read/write/investigate CSV files
4"""
5
6import re
7from _csv import Error, __version__, writer, reader, register_dialect, \
8 unregister_dialect, get_dialect, list_dialects, \
Andrew McNamara31d88962005-01-12 03:45:10 +00009 field_size_limit, \
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000010 QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE, \
11 __doc__
Andrew McNamara7130ff52005-01-11 02:22:47 +000012from _csv import Dialect as _Dialect
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000013
Guido van Rossum68937b42007-05-18 00:51:22 +000014from io import StringIO
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +000015
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000016__all__ = [ "QUOTE_MINIMAL", "QUOTE_ALL", "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC", "QUOTE_NONE",
Brett Cannone8d0bf92008-08-18 00:51:19 +000017 "Error", "Dialect", "__doc__", "excel", "excel_tab",
18 "field_size_limit", "reader", "writer",
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000019 "register_dialect", "get_dialect", "list_dialects", "Sniffer",
20 "unregister_dialect", "__version__", "DictReader", "DictWriter" ]
21
22class Dialect:
Georg Brandl7424dd32010-10-27 07:27:06 +000023 """Describe a CSV dialect.
Skip Montanarof26285c2005-01-05 06:54:58 +000024
25 This must be subclassed (see csv.excel). Valid attributes are:
26 delimiter, quotechar, escapechar, doublequote, skipinitialspace,
27 lineterminator, quoting.
28
29 """
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000030 _name = ""
31 _valid = False
32 # placeholders
33 delimiter = None
34 quotechar = None
35 escapechar = None
36 doublequote = None
37 skipinitialspace = None
38 lineterminator = None
39 quoting = None
40
41 def __init__(self):
42 if self.__class__ != Dialect:
43 self._valid = True
Andrew McNamara7130ff52005-01-11 02:22:47 +000044 self._validate()
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000045
46 def _validate(self):
Andrew McNamara7130ff52005-01-11 02:22:47 +000047 try:
48 _Dialect(self)
Guido van Rossumb940e112007-01-10 16:19:56 +000049 except TypeError as e:
Andrew McNamara7130ff52005-01-11 02:22:47 +000050 # We do this for compatibility with py2.3
51 raise Error(str(e))
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000052
53class excel(Dialect):
Skip Montanarof26285c2005-01-05 06:54:58 +000054 """Describe the usual properties of Excel-generated CSV files."""
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000055 delimiter = ','
56 quotechar = '"'
57 doublequote = True
58 skipinitialspace = False
59 lineterminator = '\r\n'
60 quoting = QUOTE_MINIMAL
61register_dialect("excel", excel)
62
63class excel_tab(excel):
Skip Montanarof26285c2005-01-05 06:54:58 +000064 """Describe the usual properties of Excel-generated TAB-delimited files."""
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000065 delimiter = '\t'
66register_dialect("excel-tab", excel_tab)
67
Georg Brandl7424dd32010-10-27 07:27:06 +000068class unix_dialect(Dialect):
69 """Describe the usual properties of Unix-generated CSV files."""
70 delimiter = ','
71 quotechar = '"'
72 doublequote = True
73 skipinitialspace = False
74 lineterminator = '\n'
75 quoting = QUOTE_ALL
76register_dialect("unix", unix_dialect)
77
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000078
79class DictReader:
Skip Montanarodffeed32003-10-03 14:03:01 +000080 def __init__(self, f, fieldnames=None, restkey=None, restval=None,
Skip Montanaro3f7a9482003-09-06 19:52:12 +000081 dialect="excel", *args, **kwds):
Skip Montanaroaf8fcfa2008-08-09 19:44:22 +000082 self._fieldnames = fieldnames # list of keys for the dict
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000083 self.restkey = restkey # key to catch long rows
84 self.restval = restval # default value for short rows
Skip Montanaro3f7a9482003-09-06 19:52:12 +000085 self.reader = reader(f, dialect, *args, **kwds)
Christian Heimes4fbc72b2008-03-22 00:47:35 +000086 self.dialect = dialect
87 self.line_num = 0
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +000088
89 def __iter__(self):
90 return self
91
Skip Montanaroaf8fcfa2008-08-09 19:44:22 +000092 @property
93 def fieldnames(self):
94 if self._fieldnames is None:
95 try:
96 self._fieldnames = next(self.reader)
97 except StopIteration:
98 pass
99 self.line_num = self.reader.line_num
100 return self._fieldnames
101
102 @fieldnames.setter
103 def fieldnames(self, value):
104 self._fieldnames = value
105
Georg Brandla18af4e2007-04-21 15:47:16 +0000106 def __next__(self):
Skip Montanaroaf8fcfa2008-08-09 19:44:22 +0000107 if self.line_num == 0:
108 # Used only for its side effect.
109 self.fieldnames
Georg Brandla18af4e2007-04-21 15:47:16 +0000110 row = next(self.reader)
Christian Heimes4fbc72b2008-03-22 00:47:35 +0000111 self.line_num = self.reader.line_num
Skip Montanarodffeed32003-10-03 14:03:01 +0000112
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000113 # unlike the basic reader, we prefer not to return blanks,
114 # because we will typically wind up with a dict full of None
115 # values
116 while row == []:
Georg Brandla18af4e2007-04-21 15:47:16 +0000117 row = next(self.reader)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000118 d = dict(zip(self.fieldnames, row))
119 lf = len(self.fieldnames)
120 lr = len(row)
121 if lf < lr:
122 d[self.restkey] = row[lf:]
123 elif lf > lr:
124 for key in self.fieldnames[lr:]:
125 d[key] = self.restval
126 return d
127
128
129class DictWriter:
130 def __init__(self, f, fieldnames, restval="", extrasaction="raise",
Skip Montanaro3f7a9482003-09-06 19:52:12 +0000131 dialect="excel", *args, **kwds):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000132 self.fieldnames = fieldnames # list of keys for the dict
133 self.restval = restval # for writing short dicts
134 if extrasaction.lower() not in ("raise", "ignore"):
Collin Winterce36ad82007-08-30 01:19:48 +0000135 raise ValueError("extrasaction (%s) must be 'raise' or 'ignore'"
136 % extrasaction)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000137 self.extrasaction = extrasaction
Skip Montanaro3f7a9482003-09-06 19:52:12 +0000138 self.writer = writer(f, dialect, *args, **kwds)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000139
R. David Murraybe0698b2010-02-23 22:57:58 +0000140 def writeheader(self):
141 header = dict(zip(self.fieldnames, self.fieldnames))
142 self.writerow(header)
143
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000144 def _dict_to_list(self, rowdict):
145 if self.extrasaction == "raise":
Guido van Rossumd8faa362007-04-27 19:54:29 +0000146 wrong_fields = [k for k in rowdict if k not in self.fieldnames]
147 if wrong_fields:
Collin Winterce36ad82007-08-30 01:19:48 +0000148 raise ValueError("dict contains fields not in fieldnames: "
149 + ", ".join(wrong_fields))
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000150 return [rowdict.get(key, self.restval) for key in self.fieldnames]
151
152 def writerow(self, rowdict):
153 return self.writer.writerow(self._dict_to_list(rowdict))
154
155 def writerows(self, rowdicts):
156 rows = []
157 for rowdict in rowdicts:
158 rows.append(self._dict_to_list(rowdict))
159 return self.writer.writerows(rows)
160
Raymond Hettinger39a55922003-06-12 03:01:55 +0000161# Guard Sniffer's type checking against builds that exclude complex()
162try:
163 complex
164except NameError:
165 complex = float
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000166
167class Sniffer:
168 '''
169 "Sniffs" the format of a CSV file (i.e. delimiter, quotechar)
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000170 Returns a Dialect object.
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000171 '''
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000172 def __init__(self):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000173 # in case there is more than one possible delimiter
174 self.preferred = [',', '\t', ';', ' ', ':']
175
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000176
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000177 def sniff(self, sample, delimiters=None):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000178 """
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000179 Returns a dialect (or None) corresponding to the sample
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000180 """
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000181
Benjamin Peterson4ac9ce42009-10-04 14:49:41 +0000182 quotechar, doublequote, delimiter, skipinitialspace = \
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000183 self._guess_quote_and_delimiter(sample, delimiters)
Skip Montanaro39b29be2005-12-30 05:09:48 +0000184 if not delimiter:
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000185 delimiter, skipinitialspace = self._guess_delimiter(sample,
186 delimiters)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000187
Skip Montanaro39b29be2005-12-30 05:09:48 +0000188 if not delimiter:
Collin Winterce36ad82007-08-30 01:19:48 +0000189 raise Error("Could not determine delimiter")
Skip Montanaro39b29be2005-12-30 05:09:48 +0000190
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000191 class dialect(Dialect):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000192 _name = "sniffed"
193 lineterminator = '\r\n'
Fred Drake7c852f32003-04-25 14:27:00 +0000194 quoting = QUOTE_MINIMAL
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000195 # escapechar = ''
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000196
Benjamin Peterson4ac9ce42009-10-04 14:49:41 +0000197 dialect.doublequote = doublequote
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000198 dialect.delimiter = delimiter
199 # _csv.reader won't accept a quotechar of ''
200 dialect.quotechar = quotechar or '"'
201 dialect.skipinitialspace = skipinitialspace
202
203 return dialect
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000204
205
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000206 def _guess_quote_and_delimiter(self, data, delimiters):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000207 """
208 Looks for text enclosed between two identical quotes
209 (the probable quotechar) which are preceded and followed
210 by the same character (the probable delimiter).
211 For example:
212 ,'some text',
213 The quote with the most wins, same with the delimiter.
214 If there is no quotechar the delimiter can't be determined
215 this way.
216 """
217
218 matches = []
219 for restr in ('(?P<delim>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?P=delim)', # ,".*?",
220 '(?:^|\n)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?P<delim>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)', # ".*?",
221 '(?P<delim>>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?:$|\n)', # ,".*?"
222 '(?:^|\n)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?:$|\n)'): # ".*?" (no delim, no space)
Fred Drake6f7b2132003-09-02 16:01:07 +0000223 regexp = re.compile(restr, re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000224 matches = regexp.findall(data)
225 if matches:
226 break
227
228 if not matches:
Benjamin Peterson4ac9ce42009-10-04 14:49:41 +0000229 # (quotechar, doublequote, delimiter, skipinitialspace)
230 return ('', False, None, 0)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000231 quotes = {}
232 delims = {}
233 spaces = 0
234 for m in matches:
235 n = regexp.groupindex['quote'] - 1
236 key = m[n]
237 if key:
238 quotes[key] = quotes.get(key, 0) + 1
239 try:
240 n = regexp.groupindex['delim'] - 1
241 key = m[n]
242 except KeyError:
243 continue
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000244 if key and (delimiters is None or key in delimiters):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000245 delims[key] = delims.get(key, 0) + 1
246 try:
247 n = regexp.groupindex['space'] - 1
248 except KeyError:
249 continue
250 if m[n]:
251 spaces += 1
252
Guido van Rossum89da5d72006-08-22 00:21:25 +0000253 quotechar = max(quotes, key=quotes.get)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000254
255 if delims:
Guido van Rossum89da5d72006-08-22 00:21:25 +0000256 delim = max(delims, key=delims.get)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000257 skipinitialspace = delims[delim] == spaces
258 if delim == '\n': # most likely a file with a single column
259 delim = ''
260 else:
261 # there is *no* delimiter, it's a single column of quoted data
262 delim = ''
263 skipinitialspace = 0
264
Benjamin Peterson4ac9ce42009-10-04 14:49:41 +0000265 # if we see an extra quote between delimiters, we've got a
266 # double quoted format
267 dq_regexp = re.compile(r"((%(delim)s)|^)\W*%(quote)s[^%(delim)s\n]*%(quote)s[^%(delim)s\n]*%(quote)s\W*((%(delim)s)|$)" % \
268 {'delim':delim, 'quote':quotechar}, re.MULTILINE)
269
270
271
272 if dq_regexp.search(data):
273 doublequote = True
274 else:
275 doublequote = False
276
277 return (quotechar, doublequote, delim, skipinitialspace)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000278
279
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000280 def _guess_delimiter(self, data, delimiters):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000281 """
282 The delimiter /should/ occur the same number of times on
283 each row. However, due to malformed data, it may not. We don't want
284 an all or nothing approach, so we allow for small variations in this
285 number.
286 1) build a table of the frequency of each character on every line.
Ezio Melotti13925002011-03-16 11:05:33 +0200287 2) build a table of frequencies of this frequency (meta-frequency?),
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000288 e.g. 'x occurred 5 times in 10 rows, 6 times in 1000 rows,
289 7 times in 2 rows'
290 3) use the mode of the meta-frequency to determine the /expected/
291 frequency for that character
292 4) find out how often the character actually meets that goal
293 5) the character that best meets its goal is the delimiter
294 For performance reasons, the data is evaluated in chunks, so it can
295 try and evaluate the smallest portion of the data possible, evaluating
296 additional chunks as necessary.
297 """
298
Guido van Rossumc1f779c2007-07-03 08:25:58 +0000299 data = list(filter(None, data.split('\n')))
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000300
301 ascii = [chr(c) for c in range(127)] # 7-bit ASCII
302
303 # build frequency tables
304 chunkLength = min(10, len(data))
305 iteration = 0
306 charFrequency = {}
307 modes = {}
308 delims = {}
309 start, end = 0, min(chunkLength, len(data))
310 while start < len(data):
311 iteration += 1
312 for line in data[start:end]:
313 for char in ascii:
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000314 metaFrequency = charFrequency.get(char, {})
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000315 # must count even if frequency is 0
Skip Montanaro91bb70c2005-12-28 15:37:25 +0000316 freq = line.count(char)
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000317 # value is the mode
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000318 metaFrequency[freq] = metaFrequency.get(freq, 0) + 1
319 charFrequency[char] = metaFrequency
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000320
321 for char in charFrequency.keys():
Guido van Rossumcc2b0162007-02-11 06:12:03 +0000322 items = list(charFrequency[char].items())
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000323 if len(items) == 1 and items[0][0] == 0:
324 continue
325 # get the mode of the frequencies
326 if len(items) > 1:
Guido van Rossum89da5d72006-08-22 00:21:25 +0000327 modes[char] = max(items, key=lambda x: x[1])
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000328 # adjust the mode - subtract the sum of all
329 # other frequencies
330 items.remove(modes[char])
331 modes[char] = (modes[char][0], modes[char][1]
Guido van Rossum89da5d72006-08-22 00:21:25 +0000332 - sum(item[1] for item in items))
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000333 else:
334 modes[char] = items[0]
335
336 # build a list of possible delimiters
337 modeList = modes.items()
338 total = float(chunkLength * iteration)
339 # (rows of consistent data) / (number of rows) = 100%
340 consistency = 1.0
341 # minimum consistency threshold
342 threshold = 0.9
343 while len(delims) == 0 and consistency >= threshold:
344 for k, v in modeList:
345 if v[0] > 0 and v[1] > 0:
Skip Montanaro77892372003-05-19 15:33:36 +0000346 if ((v[1]/total) >= consistency and
347 (delimiters is None or k in delimiters)):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000348 delims[k] = v
349 consistency -= 0.01
350
351 if len(delims) == 1:
Guido van Rossumcc2b0162007-02-11 06:12:03 +0000352 delim = list(delims.keys())[0]
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000353 skipinitialspace = (data[0].count(delim) ==
354 data[0].count("%c " % delim))
355 return (delim, skipinitialspace)
356
357 # analyze another chunkLength lines
358 start = end
359 end += chunkLength
360
361 if not delims:
362 return ('', 0)
363
364 # if there's more than one, fall back to a 'preferred' list
365 if len(delims) > 1:
366 for d in self.preferred:
367 if d in delims.keys():
368 skipinitialspace = (data[0].count(d) ==
369 data[0].count("%c " % d))
370 return (d, skipinitialspace)
371
Skip Montanaro39b29be2005-12-30 05:09:48 +0000372 # nothing else indicates a preference, pick the character that
373 # dominates(?)
374 items = [(v,k) for (k,v) in delims.items()]
375 items.sort()
376 delim = items[-1][1]
377
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000378 skipinitialspace = (data[0].count(delim) ==
379 data[0].count("%c " % delim))
380 return (delim, skipinitialspace)
381
382
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000383 def has_header(self, sample):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000384 # Creates a dictionary of types of data in each column. If any
385 # column is of a single type (say, integers), *except* for the first
386 # row, then the first row is presumed to be labels. If the type
387 # can't be determined, it is assumed to be a string in which case
388 # the length of the string is the determining factor: if all of the
389 # rows except for the first are the same length, it's a header.
390 # Finally, a 'vote' is taken at the end for each column, adding or
391 # subtracting from the likelihood of the first row being a header.
392
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000393 rdr = reader(StringIO(sample), self.sniff(sample))
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000394
Georg Brandla18af4e2007-04-21 15:47:16 +0000395 header = next(rdr) # assume first row is header
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000396
397 columns = len(header)
398 columnTypes = {}
399 for i in range(columns): columnTypes[i] = None
400
401 checked = 0
Skip Montanaro1448d472003-04-25 14:47:16 +0000402 for row in rdr:
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000403 # arbitrary number of rows to check, to keep it sane
404 if checked > 20:
405 break
406 checked += 1
407
408 if len(row) != columns:
409 continue # skip rows that have irregular number of columns
410
Guido van Rossumcc2b0162007-02-11 06:12:03 +0000411 for col in list(columnTypes.keys()):
Raymond Hettinger39a55922003-06-12 03:01:55 +0000412
Amaury Forgeot d'Arca4618732008-04-24 18:26:53 +0000413 for thisType in [int, float, complex]:
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000414 try:
Raymond Hettinger39a55922003-06-12 03:01:55 +0000415 thisType(row[col])
416 break
Raymond Hettingerabe14e62003-06-12 03:59:17 +0000417 except (ValueError, OverflowError):
Raymond Hettinger39a55922003-06-12 03:01:55 +0000418 pass
419 else:
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000420 # fallback to length of string
421 thisType = len(row[col])
422
423 if thisType != columnTypes[col]:
424 if columnTypes[col] is None: # add new column type
425 columnTypes[col] = thisType
426 else:
427 # type is inconsistent, remove column from
428 # consideration
429 del columnTypes[col]
430
431 # finally, compare results against first row and "vote"
432 # on whether it's a header
433 hasHeader = 0
434 for col, colType in columnTypes.items():
435 if type(colType) == type(0): # it's a length
436 if len(header[col]) != colType:
437 hasHeader += 1
438 else:
439 hasHeader -= 1
440 else: # attempt typecast
441 try:
Raymond Hettinger39a55922003-06-12 03:01:55 +0000442 colType(header[col])
Raymond Hettingerf31cb0c2003-06-12 04:05:00 +0000443 except (ValueError, TypeError):
Skip Montanaro04ae7052003-04-24 20:21:31 +0000444 hasHeader += 1
445 else:
446 hasHeader -= 1
447
448 return hasHeader > 0