error in loading pickle

Question

Not able to load a pickle file. I am using python 3.5

import pickle
data=pickle.load(open("D:\\ud120-projects\\final_project\\final_project_dataset.pkl", "r"))

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

. .

Also tried:

import pickle
data=pickle.load(open("D:\\ud120-projects\\final_project\\final_project_dataset.pkl", "rb"))

UnpicklingError: the STRING opcode argument must be quoted

. .

Same errors even when using with statements

import pickle
with open("D:\\ud120-projects\\final_project\\final_project_dataset.pkl", "rb") as f:
    enron_data = pickle.load(f)

Answer 1

I'm using windows 10 and vscode, you should go to the final_project_dataset.pkl file and then change option CRLF to LF and then save the file then UnpicklingError: the STRING opcode argument must be quoted error will be disappeared.

change CRLF to LF

then save the final_project_dataset.pkl file.

Answer 2

You definitely need the "rb" to read the file, which solves the first problem.

The second issue (STRING opcode argument) is because the file doesn't have Unix line endings. You need to run the pkl file through a script to convert them. If you see this thread, there is a script called "dos2unix" that will solve that for you:

How to convert DOS/Windows newline (CRLF) to Unix newline (\n) in a Bash script?