pandas.read_sas¶
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pandas.
read_sas
(filepath_or_buffer, format=None, index=None, encoding=None, chunksize=None, iterator=False)[source]¶ 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