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diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index ee62abe..59ec372 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Sniffer:
Returns a dialect (or None) corresponding to the sample
"""
- quotechar, delimiter, skipinitialspace = \
+ quotechar, doublequote, delimiter, skipinitialspace = \
self._guess_quote_and_delimiter(sample, delimiters)
if not delimiter:
delimiter, skipinitialspace = self._guess_delimiter(sample,
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ class Sniffer:
lineterminator = '\r\n'
quoting = QUOTE_MINIMAL
# escapechar = ''
- doublequote = False
+ dialect.doublequote = doublequote
dialect.delimiter = delimiter
# _csv.reader won't accept a quotechar of ''
dialect.quotechar = quotechar or '"'
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ class Sniffer:
break
if not matches:
- return ('', None, 0) # (quotechar, delimiter, skipinitialspace)
-
+ # (quotechar, doublequote, delimiter, skipinitialspace)
+ return ('', False, None, 0)
quotes = {}
delims = {}
spaces = 0
@@ -248,7 +248,19 @@ class Sniffer:
delim = ''
skipinitialspace = 0
- return (quotechar, delim, skipinitialspace)
+ # if we see an extra quote between delimiters, we've got a
+ # double quoted format
+ dq_regexp = re.compile(r"((%(delim)s)|^)\W*%(quote)s[^%(delim)s\n]*%(quote)s[^%(delim)s\n]*%(quote)s\W*((%(delim)s)|$)" % \
+ {'delim':delim, 'quote':quotechar}, re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+
+ if dq_regexp.search(data):
+ doublequote = True
+ else:
+ doublequote = False
+
+ return (quotechar, doublequote, delim, skipinitialspace)
def _guess_delimiter(self, data, delimiters):