On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:24 AM,  <galaxywatc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> So how do I
> uncompress zip and gzipped files in Python,

zipfile and gzip

> and how do I force split to only
> evaluate the first two columns?

Use the optional second argument to split():
line.split(',', 2)

> Better yet, can I tell split to not evaluate
> commas in the double quoted 3rd column?

Use the csv module.

Kent
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