How To Load Machine Learning Data From Files In Python
The common data format in Machine Learning is a CSV file (comma separated values). In this Tutorial I show 4 different ways how you can load the data from such files and then prepare the data.
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The common data format in Machine Learning is a CSV file (comma separated values). In this Tutorial I show 4 different ways how you can load the data from such files and then prepare the data. I also show you some best practices on how to deal with the correct data type, missing values, and an optional header. The 4 approaches are:
- with the
csvmodule - with
numpy:np.loadtxt()andnumpy.genfromtxt() - with
pandas:pd.read_csv()
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import csv
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
# download data from https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/spambase
FILE_NAME = "spambase.data"
# 1) load with csv file
with open(FILE_NAME, 'r') as f:
data = list(csv.reader(f, delimiter=","))
data = np.array(data, dtype=np.float32)
print(data.shape)
# 2) load with np.loadtxt()
# skiprows=1
data = np.loadtxt(FILE_NAME, delimiter=",",dtype=np.float32)
print(data.shape, data.dtype)
# 3) load with np.genfromtxt()
# skip_header=0, missing_values="---", filling_values=0.0
data = np.genfromtxt(FILE_NAME, delimiter=",", dtype=np.float32)
print(data.shape)
# split into X and y
n_samples, n_features = data.shape
n_features -= 1
X = data[:, 0:n_features]
y = data[:, n_features]
print(X.shape, y.shape)
print(X[0, 0:5])
# or if y is the first column
# X = data[:, 1:n_features+1]
# y = data[:, 0]
# 4) load with pandas: read_csv()
# na_values = ['---']
df = pd.read_csv(FILE_NAME, header=None, skiprows=0, dtype=np.float32)
df = df.fillna(0.0)
# dataframe to numpy
data = df.to_numpy()
print(data[4, 0:5])
# convert datatypes in numpy
#data = np.asarray(data, dtype = np.float32)
#print(data.dtype)
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