Hi i am pretty new to python. I developed the following class:
import pandas as pd
import os
class Class1:
def __init__(self, path, cols = None, settings = {"sep" : ";", "encoding" : "unicode_escape", "header" : "infer", "decimal" :"."
, "skiprows" : None, "names" : None, "skipfooter" : 0, "engine" : "python"} ):
self.raw = self._load_raw(path = path, s = settings, cols = cols)
def _load_raw(self, path, s, cols = None):
df = pd.read_csv(path, sep = s["sep"], encoding = s["encoding"], decimal = s["decimal"], skiprows = s["skiprows"], skipfooter = s["skipfooter"]
, engine = s["engine"], header = s["header"], names = s["names"], usecols = cols)
return df
Inside of the class is a function which reads a csv file into a pd.DataFrame. I am wondering if there is a smart way of developing the class without handing over such a setting dictionary to read the dataframe later on when creating an object. Lets suppose the csv file is much more easy and just need 1 argument e.g. "sep" and not all the other arguments, but then the class needs also to be able to read csv files which require more arguments. Is there a pythonic way to just hand over as many as required ?
for example 1 object just needs "sep", and another object neeeds all of the settings parameters defined in the docs of pd.read_csv for example, but they can be both created with the same class