title: How do I read CSV data into a record array in NumPy?
body: <p>Is there a direct way to import the contents of a CSV file into a record array, just like how R's <code>read.table()</code>, <code>read.delim()</code>, and <code>read.csv()</code> import data into R dataframes?</p>
  <p>Or should I use <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2859404/reading-csv-files-in-scipy-numpy-in-python"><code>csv.reader()</code></a> and then apply <code>numpy.core.records.fromrecords()</code>?</p>