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# Import Table

## About this Block

**What it does:**
The **Import Table** block lets you import tabular data by a designated path. The file type must be a CSV using UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoding with a list separator of a comma. Tables consist of rows and column-oriented data stored and extracted as Text type.

**Common uses:**

* This block imports any tabular data set with an arbitrary number of columns.

* Examples:
  * This block can be used to store and extract non-linear material data.
  * This block can be used to store and extract design parameter sets.

**Tips:**

* The imported CSV must be a rectangular MxN table.
* You can use the **Include headers:** input to choose whether to include headers. If checked,this input then makes the first row of the Table as column headers.
  * You can access the header names in the properties of the Table as a Text list.
  * The block will ignore duplicate and invalid (or empty) headers.
* You can extract Table columns into usable lists using the **Extract Column** block.
  * You can use integers representing the column number or valid headers (if they exist) to identify which Column to extract.

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Imports a tabular data set as a Table.

### Inputs

| Name            | Type                                               | Description                                                     |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Path            | [Path](../../../../block-documentation/types/path) | System path of Table file.                                      |
| Include headers | [Bool](../../../../block-documentation/types/bool) | Option to include the first row of the Table as column headers. |

### Outputs

| Type                                                 |
| ---------------------------------------------------- |
| [Table](../../../../block-documentation/types/table) |