{"id":3770,"date":"2024-03-13T07:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-the-problem-of-exporting-csv-files-with-garbled-text-in-pandas\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:54:48","slug":"how-to-solve-the-problem-of-exporting-csv-files-with-garbled-text-in-pandas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-the-problem-of-exporting-csv-files-with-garbled-text-in-pandas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Garbled CSV Export in Pandas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When encountering garbled characters while exporting a CSV file in pandas, it&#8217;s usually due to incorrect encoding. To resolve this issue, specify the correct encoding format when exporting the CSV file. One common solution is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>df.to_csv(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'output.csv'<\/span>, encoding=<span class=\"hljs-string\">'utf-8'<\/span>)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, &#8216;df&#8217; represents the DataFrame object to be exported, &#8216;output.csv&#8217; is the file path where the file will be saved, and encoding=&#8217;utf-8&#8242; specifies the UTF-8 encoding format for the file. By specifying the correct encoding format, we can avoid any garbled text issues when exporting the CSV file.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if the exported CSV file still appears garbled, it may be due to specifying the wrong encoding format when reading the CSV file. Make sure to specify the correct encoding format when reading CSV files to avoid garbled text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When encountering garbled characters while exporting a CSV file in pandas, it&#8217;s usually due to incorrect encoding. 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