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+#
+# CS 205, Activity 1: Your Most Similar Classmate
+# https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs199205/activity/1.php
+#
+
+# Requires csv library
+import csv
+
+# Reads CSV file into data
+with open("res/cs205welcome_clean - Sheet1.csv") as f:
+  reader = csv.DictReader(f)
+  data = [row for row in reader]
+
+# Work with each row of data, one at a time
+for row in data:
+  # Print out the name of the person for the current row
+  person = row["Name"]
+  print( person )
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+