["python","numpy","scipy","genfromtxt"]
How do I read CSV data into a record array in NumPy?

Is there a direct way to import the contents of a CSV file into a record array, just like how R's read.table(), read.delim(), and read.csv() import data into R dataframes? Or should I use csv.reader() and then apply numpy.core.records.fromrecords()?
Use numpy.genfromtxt() by setting the delimiter kwarg to a comma: from numpy import genfromtxt my_data = genfromtxt('my_file.csv', delimiter=',')