Pandas reading csv files with partial wildcard

Question

I\'m trying to write a script that imports a file, then does something with the file and outputs the result into another file.

df = pd.read_csv(\'somefile2018.

Answer 1

To read all of the files that follow a certain pattern, so long as they share the same schema, use this function:

import glob
import pandas as pd

def pd_read_pattern(pattern):
    files = glob.glob(pattern)

    df = pd.DataFrame()
    for f in files:
        df = df.append(pd.read_csv(f))

    return df.reset_index(drop=True)

df = pd_read_pattern('somefile*.csv')

This will work with either an absolute or relative path.