Function read_portfolio

Solutions/4_10/report.py:7–18

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

(filename)

import tableformat

def read_portfolio(filename):
    '''
    Read a stock portfolio file into a list of dictionaries with keys
    name, shares, and price.
    '''
    with open(filename) as lines:
        portdicts = fileparse.parse_csv(lines, 
                                        select=['name','shares','price'], 
                                        types=[str,int,float])

    portfolio = [ Stock(d['name'], d['shares'], d['price']) for d in portdicts ]
    return portfolio

def read_prices(filename):
    '''