vpetro · October 17, 2012 17:46 · Oct 17, 2012
diff --git a/gistfile1.py b/gistfile1.py
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+import csv
+
+class csvreader(object):
+    def __init__(self, filepath):
+        self._filename = filepath
+        reader = csv.DictReader(
+            open(self._filename, 'rU')
+        )
+        self.fieldnames = reader.fieldnames
+        self._rows = [
+            row for row in reader
+        ]
+
+        self._rowcount = len(self._rows)
+
+    def find(self, col_name, to_match, use_re=False):
+        assert col_name in self._fieldnames
+
+        for row in self._rows:
+            if to_match in row[col_name]:
+                return row
+            if use_re:
+                cur_value = row[col_name]
+                if re.findall(to_match, cur_value):
+                    return row
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def rows(self):
+        return self._rows
+
+    @property
+    def rowcount(self):
+        return self._rowcount