pandas-plink 1.2.2

Read PLINK files into Pandas data frames.

# pandas-plink

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PLINK reader for Python. It reads binary PLINK files into [Pandas](http://pandas.pydata.org) data frame and [Dask](http://dask.pydata.org/en/latest/index.html) array. This package handles larger-than-memory data sets by reading the SNP matrix on-demand.

## Install

The recommended way of installing it is via [conda](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/index.html)

`bash conda install -c conda-forge pandas-plink `

An alternative way would be via pip

` pip install pandas-plink `

## Running the tests

After installation, you can test it ` python -c "import pandas_plink; pandas_plink.test()" ` as long as you have [pytest](http://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/).

## Usage

It is as simple as

`python from pandas_plink import read_plink (bim, fam, G) = read_plink('/path/to/data') `

Refer to [documentation](http://pandas-plink.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for more information.

## Authors

• Danilo Horta - [https://github.com/Horta](https://github.com/Horta)

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details