function - Python: How to import information from a .csv file to python as a list with tuples inside? -

i new programming please excuse shallow knowledge coding. have .csv file can open excel. each row represents person's name , details (like address, phone number , age) each detail in different columns. whenever move onto new row person's detail.

i want import information python such each row (i.e. every detail of person) in 1 tuple (with each detail separated ',') , want tuples in list. list tuples inside them.

i have started coding opening file don't know how implement each detail detail of person in tuple , tuples in list. using python 2.7.

def load_friends(f): """ takes name of file containing friends information described in introduction , returns list containing information friends in file.  load_friends(var) -> list  """  openfile = open('friends.csv', 'ur') if f == 'friends.csv':     openfile = open('friends.csv', 'ur')     lines = openfile.readlines()     print lines     openfile.close() 

with csv module quite simple:

import csv  open('friends.csv', 'ur') f:     data = list(tuple(rec) rec in csv.reader(f, delimiter=',')) 

data list of tuples.

the csv module reads files correctly:

"smith, john",123 

will read as

('smith, john', '123')