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Expand Up @@ -13,28 +13,31 @@ Read xBase / dBASE III+ [.dbf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dbf) files in Juli
## Usage

```julia
using DBFTables
dbf = DBFTables.Table("test.dbf")

# whole columns can be retrieved by their name
# note that this creates a copy, so instead of repeated `dbf.field` calls,
# it is faster to once do `field = dbf.field` and then use `field` instead
dbf.INTEGER # => Union{Missing, Int64}[100, 101, 102, 0, 2222222222, 4444444444, missing]

# example function that iterates over the rows and uses two columns
function sumif(dbf)
total = 0.0
for row in dbf
if row.BOOLEAN && !ismissing(row.NUMERIC)
value += row.NUMERIC
end
end
return total
using DBFTables, DataFrames

df = DataFrame(
x = 1:5,
y = rand(Bool, 5),
z = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
)

# Write any Tables.jl source to a .dbf file
path = tempname()
DBFTables.write(path, df)

# Read the data back in from the .dbf file
dbf = DBFTables.Table(path)

# Retrieve columns by their name
dbf.x

# Iterate over the rows (values can be accessed by column name)
for row in dbf
@info (row.x, row.y, row.z)
end

# for other functionality, convert to other Tables such as DataFrame
using DataFrames
df = DataFrame(dbf)
# Pass the DBFTables.Table to any Tables.jl sink
df2 = DataFrame(dbf)
```

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