"""
Read SAS sas7bdat or xport files.
"""
[docs]def read_sas(filepath_or_buffer, format=None, index=None, encoding=None,
chunksize=None, iterator=False):
"""
Read SAS files stored as either XPORT or SAS7BDAT format files.
Parameters
----------
filepath_or_buffer : string or file-like object
Path to the SAS file.
format : string {'xport', 'sas7bdat'} or None
If None, file format is inferred. If 'xport' or 'sas7bdat',
uses the corresponding format.
index : identifier of index column, defaults to None
Identifier of column that should be used as index of the DataFrame.
encoding : string, default is None
Encoding for text data. If None, text data are stored as raw bytes.
chunksize : int
Read file `chunksize` lines at a time, returns iterator.
iterator : bool, defaults to False
If True, returns an iterator for reading the file incrementally.
Returns
-------
DataFrame if iterator=False and chunksize=None, else SAS7BDATReader
or XportReader
"""
if format is None:
try:
fname = filepath_or_buffer.lower()
if fname.endswith(".xpt"):
format = "xport"
elif fname.endswith(".sas7bdat"):
format = "sas7bdat"
else:
raise ValueError("unable to infer format of SAS file")
except:
pass
if format.lower() == 'xport':
from pandas.io.sas.sas_xport import XportReader
reader = XportReader(filepath_or_buffer, index=index,
encoding=encoding,
chunksize=chunksize)
elif format.lower() == 'sas7bdat':
from pandas.io.sas.sas7bdat import SAS7BDATReader
reader = SAS7BDATReader(filepath_or_buffer, index=index,
encoding=encoding,
chunksize=chunksize)
else:
raise ValueError('unknown SAS format')
if iterator or chunksize:
return reader
return reader.read()