https://nalar.dev/tags/csv/ Recent content in CSV on Nalar Hugo en-us Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/read-and-write-csv-reliably-in-python/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/read-and-write-csv-reliably-in-python/ <p>CSV looks simple because a small file may resemble plain text with commas between values. That mental model breaks as soon as a field itself contains a comma, quote, or newline.</p> <p>Consider one valid record:</p> <div x-data="{ code: $el.querySelector('code').innerText, copied: false }" class="code-block group relative my-6 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-line bg-surface-muted dark:border-night-line dark:bg-night-surface"> <button type="button" @click="navigator.clipboard.writeText(code); copied = true; setTimeout(() => copied = false, 1600)" class="absolute right-3 top-3 z-10 rounded-lg border border-line-strong bg-surface px-2 py-1 font-mono text-[0.65rem] text-muted opacity-0 transition group-hover:opacity-100 hover:bg-ink hover:text-white dark:border-night-line dark:bg-night dark:text-night-muted dark:hover:bg-white dark:hover:text-ink"> <span x-text="copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'"></span> </button> <div class="overflow-x-auto p-4 text-sm leading-6 [&_pre]:!m-0 [&_pre]:!bg-transparent [&_pre]:!p-0 [&_code]:font-mono"> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>42,&#34;Nguyen, Mai&#34;,&#34;Line one </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Line two&#34;</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> </div> <p>Splitting this text on commas cannot recover the three fields correctly. The comma inside the name is data, and the newline inside the quoted field belongs to the same record.</p>