# Using CSV.read() to import data from a data input file into a DataFrame

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-csv-read-to-import-data-from-a-data-input-file-into-a-dataframe/77120
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, dataframes, csv
**Created:** [February 26, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-csv-read-to-import-data-from-a-data-input-file-into-a-dataframe/77120 "2022-02-26T12:54:33Z")
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#### Post date: [February 27, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-csv-read-to-import-data-from-a-data-input-file-into-a-dataframe/77120/14 "2022-02-27T16:42:40Z")

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The commented code is broken, it looks like two code fragments randomly pasted together.

in addition, Data[:1] is not valid code either

what you should be getting is

```julia
julia> Data[:1]
ERROR: ArgumentError: syntax Data[column] is not supported use df[!, column] instead
...

```

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