statadict 1.1.0

Utility for parsing Stata dictionary files for usage with Pandas.

statadict

Small package that allows reading Stata dictionary files (usually .dct extension).

Extracted information can be used with Pandas when calling read_fwf() function.

Setup

To install package locally:

python3 -m pip install statadict --user

Or directly from repository:

make all
python3 -m pip install . --user 

Usage

Having Stata dictionary file and related fixed width field csv file without headers, you can now use Pandas to read data:

import pandas as pd
from statadict import parse_stata_dict

stata_dict = parse_stata_dict(file="dictionary-file.dct")
data = pd.read_fwf("related-fwf-file.dat", names=stata_dict.names, colspecs=stata_dict.colspecs)