只需将您的阅读器包装在列表中即可.显然这会打破真正的大文件(见下面的更新中的替代方案):
>>> reader = csv.reader(open('big.csv', 'rb'))
>>> lines = list(reader)
>>> print lines[:100]
...
更新1(列表版本):另一种可能的方式是处理每个卡盘,当它到达时迭代遍历:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open('4956984.csv', 'rb'))
chunk, chunksize = [], 100
def process_chunk(chuck):
print len(chuck)
# do something useful ...
for i, line in enumerate(reader):
if (i % chunksize == 0 and i > 0):
process_chunk(chunk)
del chunk[:]
chunk.append(line)
# process the remainder
process_chunk(chunk)
更新2(生成器版本):我没有对它进行基准测试,但也许您可以通过使用块生成器来提高性能:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open('4956984.csv', 'rb'))
def gen_chunks(reader, chunksize=100):
"""
Chunk generator. Take a CSV `reader` and yield
`chunksize` sized slices.
"""
chunk = []
for i, line in enumerate(reader):
if (i % chunksize == 0 and i > 0):
yield chunk
del chunk[:]
chunk.append(line)
yield chunk
for chunk in gen_chunks(reader):
print chunk # process chunk
# test gen_chunk on some dummy sequence:
for chunk in gen_chunks(range(10), chunksize=3):
print chunk # process chunk
# => yields
# [0, 1, 2]
# [3, 4, 5]
# [6, 7, 8]
# [9]