# Converting CSV string values to floats (Python to Julia)

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** python, dataframes, csv\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-csv-string-values-to-floats-python-to-julia/54330 "2021-01-31T15:27:58Z")\
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You should be able to load the HDF5 file directly using HDF5.jl. If that’s not an option, it’d help if you could provide the raw CSV file (or at least the first few rows) and whatever commands you’re currently using to load it. See this post for pointers on how to make your question easier to answer:

> [@Please read: make it easier to help you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757):
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