datafile = open('./data/examp_data.txt', 'r') data = [] for row in datafile: data.append(row.strip().split(',')) data import csv datafile = open('./data/examp_data.txt', 'r') datareader = csv.reader(datafile, delimiter=',') data = [] for row in datareader: data.append(row) data import numpy data = numpy.genfromtxt('./data/examp_data.txt', delimiter = ',', skip_header=1) data import pandas as pd data = pd.read_csv('./data/examp_data.txt') data data.values