处理提供的文件，并使用 csv 模块从中提取文件

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Your task is to process the supplied file and use the csv module to extract data from it.
The data comes from NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) website. Each file
contains information from one meteorological station, in particular - about amount of
solar and wind energy for each hour of day.

Note that the first line of the datafile is neither data entry, nor header. It is a line
describing the data source. You should extract the name of the station from it.

The data should be returned as a list of lists (not dictionaries).
You can use the csv modules "reader" method to get data in such format.
Another useful method is next() - to get the next line from the iterator.
You should only change the parse_file function.
"""
import csv
import os

DATADIR = "./data/"
DATAFILE = "745090.csv"            


def parse_file(datafile):
    name = None
    header = None
    data = []
    with open(datafile,'rb') as f:
        r = csv.reader(f)       数据应该返回为包含列表的列表（而不是字典）。你可以使用模块“reader”方法获取此类格式的数据

        for line in r:
            # get the name
            if not name:
                name = line[1]
                continue
                
            # get the header
            if not header:
                header = line
                continue
            
            # add the list for the current line to `data`
            data.append(line)
                
    return (name, data)


# from the instructor
def parse_file(datafile):
    with open(datafile,'rb') as f:
        r = csv.reader(f)
        name = r.next()[1]         next()，可以用来获取迭代器中的下一行
        header = r.next()
        data = [row for row in r]
                
    return (name, data)


def test():
    datafile = os.path.join(DATADIR, DATAFILE)
    name, data = parse_file(datafile)

    assert name == "MOUNTAIN VIEW MOFFETT FLD NAS"
    assert data[0][1] == "01:00"
    assert data[2][0] == "01/01/2005"
    assert data[2][5] == "2"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test()