@@ -13,28 +13,31 @@ Read xBase / dBASE III+ [.dbf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dbf) files in Juli
1313## Usage
1414
1515``` julia
16- using DBFTables
17- dbf = DBFTables. Table (" test.dbf" )
18-
19- # whole columns can be retrieved by their name
20- # note that this creates a copy, so instead of repeated `dbf.field` calls,
21- # it is faster to once do `field = dbf.field` and then use `field` instead
22- dbf. INTEGER # => Union{Missing, Int64}[100, 101, 102, 0, 2222222222, 4444444444, missing]
23-
24- # example function that iterates over the rows and uses two columns
25- function sumif (dbf)
26- total = 0.0
27- for row in dbf
28- if row. BOOLEAN && ! ismissing (row. NUMERIC)
29- value += row. NUMERIC
30- end
31- end
32- return total
16+ using DBFTables, DataFrames
17+
18+ df = DataFrame (
19+ x = 1 : 5 ,
20+ y = rand (Bool, 5 ),
21+ z = [" a" , " b" , " c" , " d" , " e" ]
22+ )
23+
24+ # Write any Tables.jl source to a .dbf file
25+ path = tempname ()
26+ DBFTables. write (path, df)
27+
28+ # Read the data back in from the .dbf file
29+ dbf = DBFTables. Table (path)
30+
31+ # Retrieve columns by their name
32+ dbf. x
33+
34+ # Iterate over the rows (values can be accessed by column name)
35+ for row in dbf
36+ @info (row. x, row. y, row. z)
3337end
3438
35- # for other functionality, convert to other Tables such as DataFrame
36- using DataFrames
37- df = DataFrame (dbf)
39+ # Pass the DBFTables.Table to any Tables.jl sink
40+ df2 = DataFrame (dbf)
3841```
3942
4043## Format description resources
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