How To Load Machine Learning Data in Python

Last Updated on August 21, 2019

You must be able to load your data before you can start your machine learning project.

The most common format for machine learning data is CSV files. There are a number of ways to load a CSV file in Python.

In this post you will discover the different ways that you can use to load your machine learning data in Python.

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• Update March/2017: Change loading from binary (‘rb’) to ASCII (‘rt).
• Update March/2018: Added alternate link to download the dataset as the original appears to have been taken down.
• Update March/2018: Updated NumPy load from URL example to work wth Python 3.

Considerations When Loading CSV Data

There are a number of considerations when loading your machine learning data
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