pyspssio.read_metadata

pyspssio.read_metadata(spss_file, usecols=None, locale=None)[source]

Reads metadata attributes from SPSS file

Parameters:

spss_file (str) – SPSS filename (.sav or .zsav)
usecols (Union[list, tuple, str, callable, None] (default: None)) – Columns to use (None for all columns)
locale (str (default: None)) – Locale to use when I/O module is operating in codepage mode

Returns:

Header properties (see Header class for more detail)

Return type:

dict

Examples

>>> meta = pyspssio.read_metadata("spss_file.sav")