def getData(crimefile=infile):
f = open(crimefile, 'rU')
reader = csv.reader(f)
out = []
for row in reader:
# no data, move along
if len(row) == 0: continue
# possible we have a new state
state_shift = re.match(state_title, row[0])
if state_shift:
state = state_shift.groups()[0]
state = getStateAbbr(state)
# other text rows we can ignore
try:
int(row[0])
except ValueError:
continue
# data!
rowdata = dataRowToDict(row)
rowdata['state'] = state
# for now we only need 2001-2010 so
if rowdata['year'] < 2001: continue
out.append(rowdata)
f.close()
return out