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+# Sebastian Raschka, 03/2014
+# Read a csv file (with a header) into a dictionary
+# where the dictionary structure will be
+#   {header_col1: [val1_line1, val1_line2, ...], header_col2: [val2_line1, val2_line2, ...], ...}
+
+def read_csv(csv_path):
+    with open(csv_path, 'r') as in_csv:
+        header = in_csv.readline().strip().split(',')
+        data = {i:[] for i in header}
+        for line in in_csv:
+            line = line.strip().split(',')
+            for i in range(len(line)-1):
+                data[header[i]].append(line[1])
+    return data