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diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst index 678d4d70a0..56972f4af8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/csv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst @@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following classes: The :class:`Sniffer` class provides two methods: - .. method:: Sniffer.sniff(sample[, delimiters=None]) Analyze the given *sample* and return a :class:`Dialect` subclass reflecting the @@ -224,9 +223,17 @@ The :class:`Sniffer` class provides two methods: Analyze the sample text (presumed to be in CSV format) and return :const:`True` if the first row appears to be a series of column headers. -The :mod:`csv` module defines the following constants: +An example for :class:`Sniffer` use:: + + csvfile = open("example.csv") + dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(csvfile.read(1024)) + csvfile.seek(0) + reader = csv.reader(csvfile, dialect) + # ... process CSV file contents here ... +The :mod:`csv` module defines the following constants: + .. data:: QUOTE_ALL Instructs :class:`writer` objects to quote all fields. |