/opendata

PC Axis PX file format reader for Python

Primary LanguagePythonBSD 2-Clause "Simplified" LicenseBSD-2-Clause

PC Axis PX file format reader for Python

Usage

Requisite packages:

pip install pandas ipython jupyter

Use in Ipython shell:

import px_reader
px_obj = px_reader.Px('a_px_file_on_filesystem.px')
pandas_dataframe = px_obj.pd_dataframe()

Features

Notable feature is conversion to a Pandas DataFrame using MultiIndex, which supports multidimensional table object. Pandas calls this hierarchical indexing. Pandas has an extensive feature list. Thus you can use PC Axis files for data analysis, visualization and export to other data formats.

Installing scientific Python toolset can be a daunting task. One option is the Anaconda distribution. Otherwise Pandas installation may work with just pip install pandas. This code is unsupported, but please create an issue if you run into problems.

License

This repository is a fork from https://github.com/statfi/opendata

Below is its license which applies here also

All code here is under the BSD license unless otherwise stated. Otherwise Mozilla public license (MPL) is used since it supports both open and proprietary development alike.