In this chapter we discuss methods for reading data from a range of input data sources such as comma-separated values (.csv) files, database tables, JSON, and other sources of input to create DataFrames. The pandas readers are a collection of input/output methods for writing and loading values into DataFrames. These input/output methods are analogous to the family of SAS/Access Software used by SAS to read data values into SAS datasets and write SAS datasets into target output formats.
The pandas main facility for input ...