title: Need to read a csv file that is in a different path than the one where jupyter notebook is run on
body: <p>I am looking to read a csv file present in my local drive ex: C:\Users\Studyfolder\abc.csv
  My python libraries are installed in another directory - a path created for python 3 libraries ex:C:\Users\Anaconda3_2\envs\py3</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>On Anaconda Prompt</em></strong>- i have set my cd path as - C:\Users\Anaconda3_2\envs\py3 since naturally, all python libraries will be installed there</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>On Jupyter Notebook</em></strong>, I am looking to read the csv file to extract the dataframe. For definite reason when i run the command
  df = pd.read_csv('abc.csv'), the file wouldn't be found under the path cd'd on Anaconda prompt</p>
  
  <p>Should i be saving all my data files in the same path where python libraries are installed OR there is a better way i can still read the file without having to save it in the cd path shown above?</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>P.S</em></strong> New to Jupyter notebooks and Python in general</p>
  
  <pre><code>import pandas as pd
  
  df = pd.read_csv('abc.csv')
  df.head()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>FileNotFoundError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
   in 
        1 # load abc data into data frame
  ----> 2 df = pd.read_csv('abc.csv')</p>