prefer read_csv to read_table

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Metadata

ID: python-pandas/use-read-csv-not-read-table

Language: Python

Severity: Info

Category: Best Practices

Description

The functions notna and notnull are similar. However, this is a best practice to use notna since other methods use the same naming patterns.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

employees = pd.read_table(input_file)

Compliant Code Examples

employees = pd.read_csv(input_file)