# Problem with Form Component

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/problem-with-form-component/12003>\
**Category:** Builder\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/problem-with-form-component/12003 "2020-04-01T23:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarinaIosifian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/marinaiosifian/32/7507_2.png) [@MarinaIosifian](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/MarinaIosifian)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/problem-with-form-component/12003/1 "2020-04-01T23:23:34Z")

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Hi!

I have a Form Component, so I created a csv file with variables for this component  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/psychopy/original/3X/7/f/7f3b940f466656e89d44f74a54fcaa4649479acf.png)  
However, I keep getting this error:

ValueError: Conditions file atcc.csv: Parameters (column headers) cannot contain punctuation or spaces

Why this happens? My parameters do not contain punctuation or spaces. Can it be related to the separator type in csv file?

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**Author:** ![JLC1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@JLC1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/JLC1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/problem-with-form-component/12003/2 "2021-01-08T11:00:09Z")

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For anyone running into a similar error who finds this via search as I did.

Confirm that your column headers contain no punctuation or spaces  
Ensure that there are no hidden leading or following spaces in the column names

If the error is still occurring try copying the cell data into a new csv file and overwriting the existing file.