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# Read data.

import os

# Folder containing all NIPS papers.
data_dir = '/Users/lipingzhang/Downloads/nipstxt/'

# Folders containin individual NIPS papers.
yrs = ['00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05', '06', '07', '08', '09', '10', '11', '12']
dirs = ['nips' + yr for yr in yrs]

# Read all texts into a list.
docs = []
for yr_dir in dirs:
    files = os.listdir(data_dir + yr_dir)
    for filen in files:
        # Note: ignoring characters that cause encoding errors.
        with open(data_dir + yr_dir + '/' + filen, errors='ignore') as fid:
            txt = fid.read()
        docs.append(txt)









    



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TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-1da840617053> in <module>()
     16     for filen in files:
     17         # Note: ignoring characters that cause encoding errors.
---> 18         with open(data_dir + yr_dir + '/' + filen, errors='ignore') as fid:
     19             txt = fid.read()
     20         docs.append(txt)

TypeError: 'errors' is an invalid keyword argument for this function