
CSV File Format in Data Science
Last Updated on July 24, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Benjamin Obi Tayo Ph.D.
Originally published on Towards AI.
Tutorial on importation and exportation of data in CSV files. Python and R implementations.
Python and R functions for importing and exporting data using the csv file format. Image by Benjamin O. Tayo
The comma-separated values (CSV) file format is the most popular file format in data science. As a beginner, one of the basic skills that you learn in your journey to data science is how to import data stored in a CSV file. Data is key to data science and machine learning, hence it’s extremely important to learn the basics of importing and exporting data contained in a CSV file. The imported data could be used in several ways such as producing visualizations,… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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