[FIXED] module 'pandas' has no attribute 'read_csv

Issue

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('FBI-CRIME11.csv')

print(df.head())

Running this simple code gives me the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Dita/Desktop/python/lessons/python.data/csv.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pandas as pd
  File "C:\python\lib\site-packages\pandas-0.19.1-py3.5-win-amd64.egg\pandas\__init__.py", line 37, in <module>
    import pandas.core.config_init
  File "C:\python\lib\site-packages\pandas-0.19.1-py3.5-win-amd64.egg\pandas\core\config_init.py", line 18, in <module>
    from pandas.formats.format import detect_console_encoding
  File "C:\python\lib\site-packages\pandas-0.19.1-py3.5-win-amd64.egg\pandas\formats\format.py", line 33, in <module>
    from pandas.io.common import _get_handle, UnicodeWriter, _expand_user
  File "C:\python\lib\site-packages\pandas-0.19.1-py3.5-win-amd64.egg\pandas\io\common.py", line 5, in <module>
    import csv
  File "C:\Users\Dita\Desktop\python\lessons\python.data\csv.py", line 4, in <module>
    df = pd.read_csv('FBI-CRIME11.csv')
AttributeError: module 'pandas' has no attribute 'read_csv'

Solution

Try renaming your csv.py to something else, like csv_test.py. Looks like pandas is being confused about what to import.

Answered By - AKX