-
DataFrame.to_stata(fname, convert_dates=None, write_index=True, encoding='latin-1', byteorder=None, time_stamp=None, data_label=None, variable_labels=None)
[source] -
A class for writing Stata binary dta files from array-like objects
Parameters: fname : str or buffer
String path of file-like object
convert_dates : dict
Dictionary mapping columns containing datetime types to stata internal format to use when wirting the dates. Options are ?tc?, ?td?, ?tm?, ?tw?, ?th?, ?tq?, ?ty?. Column can be either an integer or a name. Datetime columns that do not have a conversion type specified will be converted to ?tc?. Raises NotImplementedError if a datetime column has timezone information
write_index : bool
Write the index to Stata dataset.
encoding : str
Default is latin-1. Unicode is not supported
byteorder : str
Can be ?>?, ?<?, ?little?, or ?big?. default is
sys.byteorder
time_stamp : datetime
A datetime to use as file creation date. Default is the current time.
dataset_label : str
A label for the data set. Must be 80 characters or smaller.
variable_labels : dict
Dictionary containing columns as keys and variable labels as values. Each label must be 80 characters or smaller.
New in version 0.19.0.
Raises: NotImplementedError
- If datetimes contain timezone information
- Column dtype is not representable in Stata
ValueError
- Columns listed in convert_dates are noth either datetime64[ns] or datetime.datetime
- Column listed in convert_dates is not in DataFrame
- Categorical label contains more than 32,000 characters
New in version 0.19.0.
Examples
>>> writer = StataWriter('./data_file.dta', data) >>> writer.write_file()
Or with dates
>>> writer = StataWriter('./date_data_file.dta', data, {2 : 'tw'}) >>> writer.write_file()
DataFrame.to_stata()
2017-01-12 04:46:46
Please login to continue.