python-AGS4 0.1.3

A library to read and write AGS4 files using Pandas DataFrames

python-ags4

A library to read and write AGS4 files using Pandas DataFrames

Installation

pip install python-ags4

Introduction

python-ags4 is a library of functions that lets a user import AGS4 files to a collection of Pandas DataFrames. The data can be analyzed, manipulated, and updated using Pandas and then exported back to an AGS4 file.

Examples

Import module:

from python_ags4 import AGS4

Import data from an AG4 file:

tables, headings = AGS4.AGS4_to_dataframe('/home/asitha/Projects/python-AGS4/tests/test_data.ags')

• tables is a dictionary of Pandas DataFrames. Each DataFrame contains the data from a GROUP in the AGS4 file.
• headings is a dictionary of lists. Each list has the header names of the corresponding GROUP

All data are imported as text so they cannot be analyzed or plotted immediately. You can use the following code to convert all the numerical data in a DataFrame from text to numeric.

LOCA = AGS4.convert_to_numeric(tables['LOCA'])

The AGS4.convert_to_numeric() function automatically converts all columns in the input DataFrame with the a numeric TYPE to a float.

Export data back to an AGS4 file:

AGS4.dataframe_to_AGS4(tables, headings, '/home/asitha/Documents/output.ags')