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[Request] fread to support thousand separator #1636

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ywhcuhk opened this issue Apr 8, 2016 · 1 comment
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[Request] fread to support thousand separator #1636

ywhcuhk opened this issue Apr 8, 2016 · 1 comment
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ywhcuhk commented Apr 8, 2016

I wonder if fread could gain a argument to recognize thousand separator like in pandas
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@st-pasha st-pasha changed the title Can fread support thousand separator? [Request] fread to support thousand separator Jul 4, 2017
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NB: This is likely to result in big performance improvements because of the string cache issue we've encountered a few other places -- if the thousand separator is recognized, those columns will be read as numeric, not character.

@MichaelChirico MichaelChirico added the top request One of our most-requested issues label Apr 14, 2024
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