[Numpy-discussion] read ascii file with quote delimited strings

[Pierre GM]

On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Sam Tygier wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 07:56 +0000, numpy-discussion-request@scipy.org
> wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:56:43 -0800
>> From: Chris Barker <Chris.Barker@noaa.gov>
>> 
>> if not, I'd use the std lib csv module, then convert to numpy arrays,
>> not as efficient, but it should be easy.
>> 
>> -Chris 
> 
> thanks, using cvs works.
> 
> do you think it would be useful for this functionality to be added to
> loadtxt(), or would it be good to have a loadcsv() function?


I'd favor a genfromcsv. I'll see what I can do in the next few weeks.