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Julia, R, and Python language comparison: IO
#R: Read in 1987.csv from airline dataset into a dataframe
#No import statement needed to create a dataframe in R
airline1987 <- read.csv("~/airline/1987.csv")
dim(airline1987)
[1] 1311826 29
#Python: use pandas to create a dataframe
import pandas as pd
airline1987 = pd.read_csv("/Users/randyzwitch/airline/1987.csv")
airline1987.shape
Out[7]: (1311826, 29)
#Julia: use DataFrames to create a dataframe
using DataFrames
airline1987 = readtable("/Users/randyzwitch/airline/1987.csv")
size(airline1987)
(1311826,29)
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