Используйте:
Data = namedtuple("Data", next(reader))
и пропустите строку:
next(reader)
Объединяя это с итерационной версией, основанной на комментарии Мартино, приведенном ниже, пример становится для Python 2
import csv
from collections import namedtuple
from itertools import imap
with open("data_file.txt", mode="rb") as infile:
reader = csv.reader(infile)
Data = namedtuple("Data", next(reader)) # get names from column headers
for data in imap(Data._make, reader):
print data.foo
# ...further processing of a line...
и для Python 3
import csv
from collections import namedtuple
with open("data_file.txt", newline="") as infile:
reader = csv.reader(infile)
Data = namedtuple("Data", next(reader)) # get names from column headers
for data in map(Data._make, reader):
print(data.foo)
# ...further processing of a line...