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

If you use pandas read large file into chunk and then yield row by row, here is what I have done

import pandas as pd

def chunck_generator(filename, header=False,chunk_size = 10 ** 5):
   for chunk in pd.read_csv(filename,delimiter=',', iterator=True, chunksize=chunk_size, parse_dates=[1] ): 
        yield (chunk)

def _generator( filename, header=False,chunk_size = 10 ** 5):
    chunk = chunck_generator(filename, header=False,chunk_size = 10 ** 5)
    for row in chunk:
        yield row

if __name__ == "__main__":
filename = r'file.csv'
        generator = generator(filename=filename)
        while True:
           print(next(generator))