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Python

Posted by kyle madson
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kyle madson
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,030 Points

None of these makes sense to me...

i keep getting this each time i run this code....

import csv

with open('credit.csv', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as csvfile:
    creditreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter='|')
    rows = list(creditreader)
    for row in rows[1:3]:
        print(row)

treehouse:~/workspace$ python credits.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "credits.py", line 5, in <module>
rows = list(creditreader)
File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x82 in position 808: invalid start byte

Viraj Deshaval
Viraj Deshaval
4,874 Points

Provide data of your file here so that we can help you.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

The error seems to be saying that the contents of the file "credit.csv" are not correct.

To facilitate a complete analysis, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.

Quentin Vadon
Quentin Vadon
2,263 Points

Yes, the code is perfectly working on my own csv. The problem is in your file so we need the data you are using to help you.