<reader> = csv.reader(<file>) # Also: `dialect='excel', delimiter=','`.

<list> = next(<reader>) # Returns next row as a list of strings.

* **File must be opened with a `'newline=""'` argument, or newlines embedded inside quoted fields will not be interpreted correctly!**

<bytes> = b'<str>' # Only accepts ASCII characters and \x00-\xff.

<bytes> = <bytes>[<slice>] # Returns bytes even if it has only one element.

<bytes> = <bytes>.join(<coll_of_bytes>) # Joins elements using bytes as a separator.

<str> = str(<mview>, 'utf-8') # Treats mview as a bytes object.

<int> = int.from_bytes(<mview>, …) # `byteorder='big/little', signed=False`.

'<hex>' = <mview>.hex() # Treats mview as a bytes object.

<div><h3 id="read">Read</h3><pre><code class="python language-python hljs">&lt;reader&gt; = csv.reader(&lt;file&gt;) <span class="hljs-comment"># Also: `dialect='excel', delimiter=','`.</span>

&lt;list&gt; = next(&lt;reader&gt;) <span class="hljs-comment"># Returns next row as a list of strings.</span>

<div><h2 id="bytes"><a href="#bytes" name="bytes">#</a>Bytes</h2><p><strong>Bytes object is an immutable sequence of single bytes. Mutable version is called bytearray.</strong></p><pre><code class="python language-python hljs">&lt;bytes&gt; = <span class="hljs-string">b'&lt;str&gt;'</span> <span class="hljs-comment"># Only accepts ASCII characters and \x00-\xff.</span>

&lt;bytes&gt; = &lt;bytes&gt;[&lt;slice&gt;] <span class="hljs-comment"># Returns bytes even if it has only one element.</span>

&lt;bytes&gt; = &lt;bytes&gt;.join(&lt;coll_of_bytes&gt;) <span class="hljs-comment"># Joins elements using bytes as a separator.</span>

&lt;file&gt;.write(&lt;mview&gt;) <span class="hljs-comment"># Writes mview to the binary file.</span>

&lt;str&gt; = str(&lt;mview&gt;, <span class="hljs-string">'utf-8'</span>) <span class="hljs-comment"># Treats mview as a bytes object.</span>

&lt;int&gt; = int.from_bytes(&lt;mview&gt;, …) <span class="hljs-comment"># `byteorder='big/little', signed=False`.</span>

<span class="hljs-string">'&lt;hex&gt;'</span> = &lt;mview&gt;.hex() <span class="hljs-comment"># Treats mview as a bytes object.</span>