iybzpoboxcom csv module contains sniffer class supposed deduce delimiter quote character well presence absence header sample taken start purported csv file longer remember wrote ive never big fan determines delimiter based almost solely character frequencies doesnt consider actual structure csv file delimiters quote characters almost always taken set punctuation whitespace characters consequently cause occasional headscratching sample abc8def def8ghi ghi8jkl import csv csvsniffersniffsample ddelimiter 8 sample a8bcdef ab8cdef abc8def abcd8ef csvsniffersniffsample ddelimiter f clear people use letters digits often delimiters samples probably represent data singlecolumn files doublecolumn files 8 f delimiter would happy get rid 30 im also aware people use id like feedback python community removed someone wants badly enough maintain pypi thanks skip montanaro iybzpoboxcom httpwwwwebfastcomskip _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 095850 0500 python3000 csvsniffer delete python 30