CSV.read provide a valid sink error

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I tried to read local csv files in julialang. To do so, I did the following from julia terminal (windows):

using CSV
df = CSV.read("C:\\Users\\adam\\data-example\\glass.csv")

but I got following error:

ERROR: ArgumentError: provide a valid sink argument, like using DataFrames; CSV.read(source, DataFrame)
Stacktrace:
[1] read(::String, ::Nothing; copycols::Bool, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\Users\adam.julia\packages\CSV\la2cd\src\CSV.jl:43
[2] read(::String, ::Nothing) at C:\Users\adam.julia\packages\CSV\la2cd\src\CSV.jl:42 (repeats 2 times)
[3] top-level scope at REPL[18]:1

how should I read simple .csv file julia? Plus, I am wondering is there any IDE for julialang, like jupyter notebook for python or google colab that support julia? Can anyone point me out any idea for reading .csv?

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first, have you tried doing what the error msg suggests?

also please read the documentation:

CSV.File(path)

see also:

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The error message gives you the solution. You want

using CSV, DataFrames
df = CSV.read("C:\\Users\\adam\\data-example\\glass.csv", DataFrame)
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Thanks, this worked.

I am curious is there any IDE like jupyter notebook like IDE for experimenting julia code? is there anything similar to jupyter notebook for python? Any idea?

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Ju in Jupyter stands for Julia. Checkout IJulia.jl.

Also, Pluto.jl is a good alternative.

If you’re look for real IDE, people use VC Code seems to be happy

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could you share link or command I could install it from julia command line? like what we did for in python, pip install jupyter. Anything like that for julialang? Thanks!

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did you read Julia manual by any chance?
https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Pkg/

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yes, I did but not mentioned about IJulia.jl. Currently, I am doing simple julia coding from julia terminal. I bet there must be other cool IDE like jupyter notebook for python. I am sorry if I miss your point.

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All you need to do to instiall IJulia is do ] add IJulia. The docs show you how to add packages. IJulia is a package just like everything else

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https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl#quick-start

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