Typeerror: read_csv() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘error_bad_lines’

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Explanation:

The error message “TypeError: read_csv() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘error_bad_lines'” occurs when the read_csv() function in pandas is being called with an invalid keyword argument error_bad_lines. This means that the error_bad_lines argument is not a valid argument for the read_csv() function.

Examples:

Let’s consider an example to understand it better:

# Import the pandas library
import pandas as pd

# Create a DataFrame
data = {'Name': ['John', 'Emma', 'Sam'],
        'Age': [25, 28, 30]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)

# Save the DataFrame to a CSV file
df.to_csv('data.csv', index=False)

# Read the CSV file with error_bad_lines argument
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv', error_bad_lines=False)  # This will throw the error

# Correct way to read the CSV file
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')

In the above example, we first create a DataFrame and save it to a CSV file named ‘data.csv’. Then, we try to read the CSV file using the read_csv() function and pass error_bad_lines=False as an argument, which is not a valid argument for read_csv(). This will result in the mentioned error.

To resolve the error, we need to remove the error_bad_lines=False argument from the read_csv() function call or use the correct arguments based on the pandas documentation.

# Correct way to read the CSV file
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')

In the corrected code above, we removed the invalid argument error_bad_lines=False and now the read_csv() function will execute without any error.

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