FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] File b'Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv' does not exist: b'Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv' - csv

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Answer: Changed the path, it was in fact inncorect path after all. Used absolute path (alt+d+copy from file explorer". Also used "r" before the path so the path is treated like a raw string.
# load the data
BetterLifeIndex = pd.read_csv(r"C:\Users\brede\OneDrive\Dokumenter\Downloads\BetterLifeIndex2015.csv", thousands = ',')
gdp_per_capita = pd.read_csv(r"C:\Users\brede\OneDrive\Dokumenter\Downloads\gdpcapita.csv", thousands= ',', delimiter ='\t',
encoding = 'latin1' , na_values="n/a")
Im new to Python and I'm running a Example from a machine learning book. I cant get python to read my csv file.
Code:
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import sklearn.linear_model
def prepare_country_stats(oecd_bli, gdp_per_capita):
oecd_bli = oecd_bli[oecd_bli["INEQUALITY"]=="TOT"]
oecd_bli = oecd_bli.pivot(index="Country", columns="Indicator", values="Value")
gdp_per_capita.rename(columns={"2015": "GDP per capita"}, inplace=True)
gdp_per_capita.set_index("Country", inplace=True)
full_country_stats = pd.merge(left=oecd_bli, right=gdp_per_capita,
left_index=True, right_index=True)
full_country_stats.sort_values(by="GDP per capita", inplace=True)
remove_indices = [0, 1, 6, 8, 33, 34, 35]
keep_indices = list(set(range(36)) - set(remove_indices))
return full_country_stats[["GDP per capita", 'Life satisfaction']].iloc[keep_indices]
# load the data
oecd_bli = pd.read_csv("Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv", thousands = ',')
gdp_per_capita = pd.read_csv("C:/Users/brede/Downloads/gdpcapita.csv", thousands= ',', delimiter ='\t',
encoding = 'latin1' , na_values="n/a")
#prepare the data
country_stats = prepare_country_stats (oecd_bli, gdp_per_capita)
x = np.c_[country_stats["gdp per capita"]]
y = np.c_[country_stats["life satisfaction"]]
#visualize the data
country_stats.plot(kind= 'scatter' , x = "GDP per capita", y ='Life satisfaction')
#select a linear model
model = sklearn.linear_model.LinearRegression()
#train the model
model.fit (x, y)
#make a prediction for Cyprus
X_new = [[22587]] #Cyprus GDP per capita
print(model.predict(X_new)) #outputs[[5.96242338]]
The output is:
runfile('C:/Users/brede/Downloads/practice_gdp.py', wdir='C:/Users/brede/Downloads')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-59-2f130edd277c>", line 1, in <module>
runfile('C:/Users/brede/Downloads/practice_gdp.py', wdir='C:/Users/brede/Downloads')
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 827, in runfile
execfile(filename, namespace)
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 110, in execfile
exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace)
File "C:/Users/brede/Downloads/practice_gdp.py", line 31, in <module>
oecd_bli = pd.read_csv("Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv", thousands = ',')
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 685, in parser_f
return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 457, in _read
parser = TextFileReader(fp_or_buf, **kwds)
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 895, in __init__
self._make_engine(self.engine)
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 1135, in _make_engine
self._engine = CParserWrapper(self.f, **self.options)
File "C:\Users\brede\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 1917, in __init__
self._reader = parsers.TextReader(src, **kwds)
File "pandas\_libs\parsers.pyx", line 382, in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader.__cinit__
File "pandas\_libs\parsers.pyx", line 689, in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader._setup_parser_source
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] File b'Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv' does not exist: b'Downloads/BetterLifeIndex2015.csv'
I have triplechecked the path to the file, and I can't seem to figure this out! All help is appreciated.
This is done in Spyder, also tried in Jupyter with same result. I've even copied the path etc.
help...

Answer 1

I think you have to include'/' in the file path.Try that 'C:/Users/brede/OneDrive....'