Pandas – DataFrame to CSV file using tab separator

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Let’s see how to convert a DataFrame to a CSV file using the tab separator. We will be using the to_csv() method to save a DataFrame as a csv file. To save the DataFrame with tab separators, we have to pass “\t” as the sep parameter in the to_csv() method.

Approach :

Import the Pandas and Numpy modules.
Create a DataFrame using the DataFrame() method.
Save the DataFrame as a csv file using the to_csv() method with the parameter sep as “\t”.
Load the newly created CSV file using the read_csv() method as a DataFrame.
Display the new DataFrame.

Python3

# importing the modules
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
 
# creating a DataFrame
students = {'Student': ['Amit', 'Cody',
                        'Darren', 'Drew'],
            'RollNumber': [1, 5, 10, 15],
            'Grade': ['A', 'C', 'F', 'B']}
df = pd.DataFrame(students,
                  columns =['Student', 'RollNumber',
                            'Grade'])
# displaying the original DataFrame
print("Original DataFrame")
print(df)
 
# saving as a CSV file
df.to_csv('Students.csv', sep ='\t')
 
# loading the CSV file
new_df = pd.read_csv('Students.csv')
 
# displaying the new DataFrame
print('Data from Students.csv:')
print(new_df)