Writing record arrays as CSV files with headers requires a bit more work.
This example reads from a CSV file ('example.csv') and writes its contents to another CSV file (out.csv).
import numpy as np
# Write an example CSV file with headers on first line
with open('example.csv', 'w') as fp:
fp.write('''\
col1,col2,col3
1,100.1,string1
2,222.2,second string
''')
# Read it as a Numpy record array
ar = np.recfromcsv('example.csv')
print(repr(ar))
# rec.array([(1, 100.1, 'string1'), (2, 222.2, 'second string')],
# dtype=[('col1', '<i4'), ('col2', '<f8'), ('col3', 'S13')])
# Write as a CSV file with headers on first line
with open('out.csv', 'w') as fp:
fp.write(','.join(ar.dtype.names) + '\n')
np.savetxt(fp, ar, '%s', ',')
Note that the above example cannot handle values which are strings with commas. To always enclose non-numeric values within quotes, use the csv package:
import csv
with open('out2.csv', 'wb') as fp:
writer = csv.writer(fp, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
writer.writerow(ar.dtype.names)
writer.writerows(ar.tolist())