import csv print("Case 1: Default (skipinitialspace = False)") f = open('csv_skipinitialspace_testing.csv','r') reader = csv.reader(f) mon_rows = list(reader) print("Output from reader:") for row in mon_rows: print("\t",end = "") print(row) f.close() print("\nCase 2: skipinitialspace = True") f = open('csv_skipinitialspace_testing.csv','r') reader = csv.reader(f, skipinitialspace = True) mon_rows = list(reader) print("Output from reader:") for row in mon_rows: print("\t",end = "") print(row) f.close()