Function read_portfolio

Solutions/3_2/report.py:4–23

Read a stock portfolio file into a list of dictionaries with keys name, shares, and price.

(filename)

import csv

def read_portfolio(filename):
    '''
    Read a stock portfolio file into a list of dictionaries with keys
    name, shares, and price.
    '''
    portfolio = []
    with open(filename) as f:
        rows = csv.reader(f)
        headers = next(rows)

        for row in rows:
            record = dict(zip(headers, row))
            stock = {
                'name' : record['name'],
                'shares' : int(record['shares']),
                'price' : float(record['price'])
            }
            portfolio.append(stock)

    return portfolio

def read_prices(filename):
    '''