Use pandas to handle tables in Python

[fmcclean]

It would be more efficient to read CSV files and handle tabular data in Python using pandas.

[JamesVirgo]

I doubt it will drastically improve performance but better to use a standardised format for data which pandas provides, I'll look into it after dealing with more pressing issues.

[fmcclean]

Yeah I agree, it's more of a code simplification thing in this case