IndexError: list index out of range - CSV file

Question

There is an error in my code - IndexError: list index out of range, at rates[row[0]] = row[1] :

def change():
    # read file into dictionary
    with open('exchangeRate.csv', 'r') as in_file:
        echRdr = csv.reader(in_file)
        for row in echRdr:
            rates[row[0]] = row[1]

it is because there are empty lines in my file due to editing and the easiest way to solve this is to make it skip these lines, how would i do that?

Answer 1

A simple condition in the for loop may solve the issue.

def change():
    # read file into dictionary
    with open('exchangeRate.csv', 'r') as in_file:
    echRdr = csv.reader(in_file)
    for row in echRdr:
        if len(row) <= 1:
            pass
        else:
            rates[row[0]] = row[1]