# Unable to import load\_metric

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**Author:** ![Santhosh1508](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Santhosh1508](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FSanthosh1508)%5C
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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Funable-to-import-load-metric%2F110268%2F2 "2024-10-05T23:36:53Z")

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load\_metric appears to be obsolete. Install the old version of the datasets library or use an alternative function.

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> Use Polars functions in .map()
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> Allow Polars as valid output type by @psmyth94 in #6762
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> Example:
> \>\>\> from datasets import load\_dataset
> \>\>\> ds = load\_dataset("lhoestq/CudyPokemo...

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**Author:** ![Santhosh1508](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Santhosh1508](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FSanthosh1508)%5C
**Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 8:52am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Funable-to-import-load-metric%2F110268%2F3 "2024-10-06T08:52:54Z")

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Thank you for helping out