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  "id": "data/csv-whitespace-trimming",
  "signature": "CSV parser silently trims leading/trailing whitespace from quoted fields",
  "signature_zh": "CSV解析器静默地从带引号的字段中删除前导/尾随空白",
  "regex": "CSV.*whitespace.*trim|quoted.*field.*space.*removed|CSV.*field.*padding",
  "domain": "data",
  "category": "data_error",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Many CSV parsers (e.g., pandas read_csv, Excel) trim whitespace from quoted fields by default, but some do not, causing data inconsistency between systems.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "许多CSV解析器（例如pandas read_csv、Excel）默认从带引号的字段中删除空白，但有些不会，导致系统间数据不一致。",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "pandas 2.0.0",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "Python csv module 3.11",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "Apache Spark 3.4.0",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Setting quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE in Python's csv module",
      "why_fails": "This disables all quoting and may break fields containing commas.",
      "fail_rate": 0.85,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Adding a post-processing step to re-add whitespace based on original file",
      "why_fails": "Does not affect how the CSV is parsed, only how data is validated.",
      "fail_rate": 0.7,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Use pandas with skipinitialspace=False: df = pd.read_csv('file.csv', skipinitialspace=False)",
      "success_rate": 0.95,
      "how": "Use pandas with skipinitialspace=False: df = pd.read_csv('file.csv', skipinitialspace=False)",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Wrap fields in quotes and use a parser that preserves whitespace: csv.reader(csvfile, skipinitialspace=False)",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "Wrap fields in quotes and use a parser that preserves whitespace: csv.reader(csvfile, skipinitialspace=False)",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Use pandas with skipinitialspace=False: df = pd.read_csv('file.csv', skipinitialspace=False)",
    "Wrap fields in quotes and use a parser that preserves whitespace: csv.reader(csvfile, skipinitialspace=False)"
  ],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.read_csv.html",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.86,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.85,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-12",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}