# Module 'scanpy' has no attribute 'read\_10X\_mtx'

**URL:** <https://discourse.scverse.org/t/module-scanpy-has-no-attribute-read-10x-mtx/650>\
**Category:** scanpy\
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/module-scanpy-has-no-attribute-read-10x-mtx/650 "2022-07-29T02:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![cookiemonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@cookiemonster](https://discourse.scverse.org/u/cookiemonster)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/module-scanpy-has-no-attribute-read-10x-mtx/650/1 "2022-07-29T02:34:53Z")

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I followed the tutorial steps but shows with that error message when when I try to build data

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**Author:** ![jeskowagner](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.scverse.org/jeskowagner/32/218_2.png) [@jeskowagner](https://discourse.scverse.org/u/jeskowagner)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/module-scanpy-has-no-attribute-read-10x-mtx/650/2 "2022-08-05T10:42:26Z")

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The X should be a small x: `scanpy.read_10x_mtx`