How do I read a tabular data file into pandas

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import pandas as pd

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orders = pd.read_table('http://bit.ly/chiporders')

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orders.head()

Out[5]:

	order_id	quantity	item_name	choice_description	item_price
0	1	1	Chips and Fresh Tomato Salsa	NaN	$2.39
1	1	1	Izze	[Clementine]	$3.39
2	1	1	Nantucket Nectar	[Apple]	$3.39
3	1	1	Chips and Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa	NaN	$2.39
4	2	2	Chicken Bowl	[Tomatillo-Red Chili Salsa (Hot), [Black Beans...	$16.98

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user_cols = ['user_id', 'age', 'gender', 'occupation','zip_code']
users = pd.read_table('http://bit.ly/movieusers', sep='|', header= None, names= user_cols)

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users.tail()

Out[15]:

	user_id	age	gender	occupation	zip_code
938	939	26	F	student	33319
939	940	32	M	administrator	02215
940	941	20	M	student	97229
941	942	48	F	librarian	78209
942	943	22	M	student	77841

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