# How to use the CSV.read? error "provide a valid sink argument"

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-the-csv-read-error-provide-a-valid-sink-argument/51076>\
**Category:** Teaching & Outreach\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-the-csv-read-error-provide-a-valid-sink-argument/51076 "2020-12-02T02:10:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![stillyslalom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stillyslalom/32/45687_2.png) [@stillyslalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stillyslalom)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-the-csv-read-error-provide-a-valid-sink-argument/51076/2 "2020-12-02T02:30:13Z")

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Hi Marc, welcome to the community! It’s hard to diagnose this sort of issue if the reader can’t reproduce it. Can you provide more details (ideally a reproducible example following these [guidelines](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757))?

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