How do I read a large csv file with pandas?

Question

I am trying to read a large csv file (aprox. 6 GB) in pandas and i am getting a memory error:

MemoryError                               Traceback (most recen         


        

Answer 1

The function read_csv and read_table is almost the same. But you must assign the delimiter “，” when you use the function read_table in your program.

def get_from_action_data(fname, chunk_size=100000):
    reader = pd.read_csv(fname, header=0, iterator=True)
    chunks = []
    loop = True
    while loop:
        try:
            chunk = reader.get_chunk(chunk_size)[["user_id", "type"]]
            chunks.append(chunk)
        except StopIteration:
            loop = False
            print("Iteration is stopped")

    df_ac = pd.concat(chunks, ignore_index=True)