DA0-002 Data Acquisition and Preparation Practice Question
A data analyst uses Python's pandas library to read a CSV file into a DataFrame. Which function is used to read the file?
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pd.read_csv()
pd.read_csv() is the standard pandas function to read a CSV file.
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pd.import_csv()
Why it's wrong here
No such function.
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pd.read_excel()
Why it's wrong here
This reads Excel files, not CSV.
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pd.load_csv()
Why it's wrong here
There is no load_csv function.
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pd.read_csv()
Why this is correct
This is the correct function to read CSV files into a DataFrame.
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