# Readtable function

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [September 20, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961 "2020-09-20T16:00:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Mun\_Barimukh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mun_barimukh/32/17927_2.png) [@Mun\_Barimukh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mun_Barimukh)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/1 "2020-09-20T16:00:19Z")

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I am trying to use “readtable” function in Julia 1.5.0. It shows that “readtable” is not found. What to do? Kindly help me out.

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/2 "2020-09-20T16:22:35Z")

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Hi there! Please take a look at [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757) for some guidelines on asking questions that will make it more likely that you will get a useful answer.

In this case, for example, what package(s) are you using, what are you trying to do, and what have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Mun\_Barimukh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mun_barimukh/32/17927_2.png) [@Mun\_Barimukh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mun_Barimukh)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/3 "2020-09-20T17:07:15Z")

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I am having a problem with reading and plotting a **csv** file. So I wanted to use the codes:  
using Pkg; Pkg.add(“DataFrames”); df = readtable().  
It shows that readtable is not found. Please help me out.

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/4 "2020-09-20T17:44:21Z")

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Where are you seeing `readtable`? That function has been deprecated for a long time and it’s disappointing that it can still be found from search engines.

You want the package CSV.jl to import CSV files.

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/5 "2020-09-20T17:46:22Z")

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> [@Mun\_Barimukh](#):
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> using Pkg; Pkg.add(“DataFrames”); df = readtable().

`readtable` [was removed](https://github.com/JuliaData/DataFrames.jl/pull/2079) from DataFrames ~ 9 months ago (it was deprecated a while before that). Take a look at CSV.jl or CSVFiles.jl for loading csv files. You’ll still want DataFrames.jl as well

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**Author:** ![Mun\_Barimukh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mun_barimukh/32/17927_2.png) [@Mun\_Barimukh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mun_Barimukh)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/6 "2020-09-21T03:48:55Z")

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Thanks for the information.

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**Author:** ![Mun\_Barimukh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mun_barimukh/32/17927_2.png) [@Mun\_Barimukh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mun_Barimukh)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/7 "2020-09-21T10:46:50Z")

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Thanks

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**Author:** ![nalimilan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nalimilan/32/147_2.png) [@nalimilan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nalimilan)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readtable-function/46961/8 "2020-09-21T16:29:15Z")

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Where did you read about `readtable`? We should fix that page so that other don’t get confused in the future.