Python Translation Of R's Read.table 'text' Argument

In R if someone on SO posts a data frame as text: x y 1 1 a 2 2 b 3 3 c One would highlight and copy the data frame as is, and paste it into R to recreate it: df <- read.tab

Solution 1:

As @EdChurn suggested in the comments, the task is very simple and straightforward with pandas:

1. Copy the data from the original source with Ctrl+C (or other method)

2. In Python:

   import pandas as pd
   df = pd.read_clipboard()
   >>> df
   
      x  y
   11  a
   22  b
   33  c