pyspssio.Writer

class pyspssio.Writer(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Class for writing SPSS file

Methods

`__init__`(args, *kwargs)
`close`()	Close file
`commit_case_record`()	Commit case record
`commit_header`()	Finalize metadata
`open`()	Open file
`set_locale`(locale)	Set I/O module to a specific locale
`write_data`(df, **kwargs)	Write data to file
`write_data_by_val`(df)	Write data by variable/value
`write_header`(df[, metadata])	Write metadata properties

Attributes

`case_count`	Number of cases
`case_size`	Record case size (in bytes)
`case_weight_var`	Case weight variable
`compression`	Compression level
`file_attributes`	Arbitrary user-defined file attributes
`file_encoding`	File encoding reported by I/O module
`interface_encoding`	I/O interface mode (Unicode or code page)
`is_compatible_encoding`	Check encoding compatibility
`mrsets`	Multi response set definitions
`mrsets_count`	Number of multi response set definitions
`release_info`	Basic file information
`var_alignments`	Variable alignments
`var_attributes`	Variable attributes
`var_column_widths`	Column display widths
`var_compat_names`	Short (8-byte) variable names
`var_count`	Number of variables
`var_formats`	Variable formats as strings
`var_formats_tuple`	Variable formats as tuples in the form (type, width, decimals)
`var_handles`	Variable handles references
`var_labels`	Variable labels
`var_measure_levels`	Variable measure levels
`var_missing_values`	Missing values
`var_names`	Variable names
`var_roles`	Variable roles
`var_sets`	Variable sets
`var_types`	Variable types
`var_value_labels`	Variable value labels

commit_case_record()[source]

Commit case record

Call function after setting values with set_value Do not use with whole_case_out

write_header(df, metadata=None, **kwargs)[source]

Write metadata properties

Parameters:

df (DataFrame) – DataFrame
metadata (Union[dict, SimpleNamespace] (default: None)) – Dictionary of Header attributes to use (see Header class for more detail)
**kwargs – Additional arguments, including individual metadata attributes. Note that metadata attributes supplied here take precedence.

write_data_by_val(df)[source]

Write data by variable/value

Notes

Slower than whole_case_out Use when appending to an existing data set and variable order doesn’t align

write_data(df, **kwargs)[source]

Write data to file