Read CSV file using Pandas: complex separator

Question

I have a csv file which I want to read using python panda. The header and lines looks the following:

 A           ^B^C^D^E  ^F          ^G           ^H^I^J^K         


        

Answer 1

Read the file as you have done and then strip extra whitespace for each column which is a string:

df = (pd.read_csv('input.csv', sep="^")
      .apply(lambda x: x.str.strip() if isinstance(x, str) else x))