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How to show csv file in a grid?

I'm trying to figure out how to display a .csv file in tkinter's grid, but haven't found much online.

Here is how far I got.

import tkinter


root = tkinter.Tk()

for r in range(3):
    for c in range(4):
          tkinter.Label(root, text='R%s/C%s'%(r,c),borderwidth=1 ).grid(row=r,column=c)

root.mainloop()

How would I read a .csv file using the same approach?

Solution

  • You can use reader from the python csv module to read the file. Reader takes a .csv file as input, and can then be iterated over like a table. I've included code, a sample .csv file, and my result.

    Code:

    import tkinter
import csv

root = tkinter.Tk()

# open file
with open("test.csv", newline="") as file:
    reader = csv.reader(file)

    # r and c tell us where to grid the labels
    for r, col in enumerate(reader):
        for c, row in enumerate(col):
            # i've added some styling
            label = tkinter.Label(
                root, width=10, height=2, text=row, relief=tkinter.RIDGE
            )
            label.grid(row=r, column=c)

root.mainloop()

    CSV File:

    col1,col2,col3
thing1,thing2,thing3
hi,hey,hello

    Result: