Pandas DataFrame: to_pickle() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:33 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

DataFrame - to_pickle() function

The to_pickle() function is used to pickle (serialize) object to file.

Syntax:

DataFrame.to_pickle(self, path, compression='infer', protocol=4)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type/Default Value	Required / Optional
path	File path where the pickled object will be stored.	str	Required
compression	A string representing the compression to use in the output file. By default, infers from the file extension in specified path.	{'infer', 'gzip', 'bz2', 'zip', 'xz', None} Default Value: 'infer'	Required
protocol	Int which indicates which protocol should be used by the pickler, default HIGHEST_PROTOCOL	int	Required

Example:

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