--- a/numerics/split_table.py	Tue Aug 09 14:03:33 2016 -0700
+++ b/numerics/split_table.py	Tue Aug 09 14:34:31 2016 -0700
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 """
 
 # imports
+import argparse
+import csv
 import chunk
 import sys
 import table
@@ -34,7 +36,12 @@
     # read CSV
     data = parser.read_table()
 
-    print 'hi'
+    header = data[0].keys()
+
+    for index, row in enumerate(data):
+        print '{index}'.format(index=index)
+
+        output_data = [list(header)]
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

--- a/numerics/table.py	Tue Aug 09 14:03:33 2016 -0700
+++ b/numerics/table.py	Tue Aug 09 14:34:31 2016 -0700
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import time
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 string = (str, unicode)
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
     duplicate_fields = duplicates(*header)
     if duplicate_fields:
         raise AssertionError("Duplicate header fields found: {duplicates}".format(duplicates=', '.join(duplicate_fields)))
-    return [dict(zip(header, row))
+    return [OrderedDict(zip(header, row))
             for row in data]
 
 
@@ -100,16 +101,18 @@
 
         data = read_table(self.options.input,
                           verbose=self.options.verbose)
-
+        if not data:
+            parser.error("No data found: {}".format(self.options.intput))
         if self.options.columns:
+            header = data[0].keys()
             missing = [column
                        for column in self.options.columns
                        if column not in header]
             if missing:
                 self.error("Columns not found in header: {0}".format(", ".join(missing)))
             header = options.columns
-            data = [dict(zip(header,
-                             [row[column] for column in header]))
+            data = [OrderedDict(zip(header,
+                                    [row[column] for column in header]))
                     for row in data]
         return data