Python csv import fails

Question

So I'm trying to use the csv module in python 3.3.2 but I am getting this error.

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Users\massi_000\Desktop\csv.py", line 1, in <module>
         import csv
      File "C:\Users\massi_000\Desktop\csv.py", line 4, in <module>
        csv.reader(f)
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'reader'

Obviously I'm going something stupendously wrong but all the code I am using is below and it looks fine. Has something changed in this version that has rendered this code unusable or..?

import csv
f = open("test.csv")
csv.reader(f)
for row in csv_fi:
    print(row)
f.close()

Answer 1

You have named your file csv.py and this clashes with the csv module from the Python standard library.

You should rename your own file to something else so that import csv will import the standard library module and not your own. This can be confusing but this is a good rule-of-thumb going forward: avoid giving your own Python files names that are the same as modules in the standard library.

Answer 2

As @Simeon Visser said, you have to rename your file but you have some other issues with your code as well. Try this:

import csv
with open('test.csv', newline='') as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=' ')
    for row in reader:
        print (', '.join(row))