import sys if sys.version_info[0] < 3: from StringIO import StringIO else: from io import StringIO import pandas as pd TESTDATA = StringIO("""col1;col2;col3 1;4.4;99 2;4.5;200 3;4.7;65 4;3.2;140 """) df = pd.read_csv(TESTDATA, sep=";")