faf.py

def get_word_string(user_file):
    user_file = open(user_file,"r")
    states = []
    #wordString = '' # start with an empty string of words
    lines = user_file.readlines()
    header = lines[0].split(",")
    for line in lines[0:]:
        items = line.split("\n")
        states.append(items)
    #print(states)
    return states

my_data = get_word_string(input("Filename?"))
call_data_mangling(my_data)