pandas-datadict 0.0.1

Data dictionary functionality for Pandas data frames

# Data Dictionary for Pandas

The DataDict class in this package provides functionality for mapping the columns of different pandas data frames into a consistent namespace, ensuring the columns to comply with the data type specified in the data dictionary and describing the data.

The data dictionary consists at least of the following columns: * Data Set: Used when mapping in combination with Field to rename to the column to Name. * Field: Column name of the data frame to map to Name. * Name: Column name that is unique throughout the data dictionary. * Description: Description of the column name. This can be used to provide additional information when displaying the data frame. * Type: Type the column should be cast to. * Format: Format to use when values need to be converted to a string representation. The format string has to be a Python format string such as {:.0f}%

The data dictionary can either be loaded from a CSV file or from a data frame.