Method read

pandas/io/pytables.py:3374–3402

(
        self,
        where=None,
        columns=None,
        start: int | None = None,
        stop: int | None = None,
    )

            return None

    def read(
        self,
        where=None,
        columns=None,
        start: int | None = None,
        stop: int | None = None,
    ) -> Series:
        self.validate_read(columns, where)
        index = self.read_index("index", start=start, stop=stop)
        values = self.read_array("values", start=start, stop=stop)
        try:
            result = Series(values, index=index, name=self.name, copy=False)
        except UnicodeEncodeError as err:
            if (
                self.errors == "surrogatepass"
                and using_string_dtype()
                and str(err).endswith("surrogates not allowed")
                and HAS_PYARROW
            ):
                result = Series(
                    values,
                    index=index,
                    name=self.name,
                    copy=False,
                    dtype=StringDtype(storage="python", na_value=np.nan),
                )
            else:
                raise
        return result

    def write(self, obj, **kwargs) -> None:
        super().write(obj, **kwargs)