ReadStatTables.jl
Load data from Stata, SAS and SPSS files into Julia tables
ReadStatTables.jl is a Julia package for loading data from Stata, SAS and SPSS files into a Tables.jl-compatible table. It relies on ReadStat.jl, which is a Julia interface of the ReadStat C library, for parsing the data files. The same C library is also the backend for popular packages such as pyreadstat and haven.
Features
ReadStatTables.jl adds the following features on top of the read support from ReadStat.jl.
- A lightweight Tables.jl-compatible column table
ReadStatTable
for basic operations. - Integration of value labels via a customized array type
LabeledArray
. - Translation of date and time values into Julia time types
Date
andDateTime
.
Quick Start
To load a data file located at data/sample.dta
:
julia> using ReadStatTables
julia> tb = readstat("data/sample.dta")
5×7 ReadStatTable:
Row │ mychar mynum mydate dtime mylabl myord mytime
│ String Float64 Date? DateTime? Labeled{Int8} Labeled{Int8?} DateTime
─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 │ a 1.1 2018-05-06 2018-05-06T10:10:10 Male low 1960-01-01T10:10:10
2 │ b 1.2 1880-05-06 1880-05-06T10:10:10 Female medium 1960-01-01T23:10:10
3 │ c -1000.3 1960-01-01 1960-01-01T00:00:00 Male high 1960-01-01T00:00:00
4 │ d -1.4 1583-01-01 1583-01-01T00:00:00 Female low 1960-01-01T16:10:10
5 │ e 1000.3 missing missing Male missing 2000-01-01T00:00:00
For details, please see the documentation.